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BRASILIAN TIGER. 
The Jaguar, is the name of this animal 
adopted by BufFon, to distinguish it from the 
Tiger, the Panther, the Ounce, and the Leo- 
pard, with which it has often been confounded. 
It was, however, called Janou-ara, or Janouar, 
bv the first historians of the New World. 
Piso, and Marcgrave, originally wrote Jaguara, 
instead of Janouara. The Mexicans called it 
Tlatlauhqui Occlotl, according to Hernandez ; 
the Portuguese named it On^a, because it kad 
some resemblance to that animal. It is the 
Jaguara, of Piso ; the Jaguara Brasiliensibus, 
of Marcgrave ; the Pardus, or Lynx, of Ray ; 
the Tigris Americana, or Jaguara Brasiliensis, of 
Klein; theTigre de laGuiane, of Desmarchaisj 
the Tigris Americana, of Brisson ; the Brasi- 
lian Cat, or Tiger, of Pennant ; and the FehV 
On^a, of Linnseus. Dr. Gmelin supposes, 
that the animal named Guigna, in Chili, which 
is described as of the feline kind, having a long 
tail, and being marked on the body with circular 
spotSy 
