JAGUARETTE. 
The confusion too often noticeable among 
naturalists, respecting animals but imperfedlly 
-known, prevails greatly with regard to the 
present subje6l of . our enquiry. 
It appears to be the Jaguarette, of Marc- 
grave, Plso, and Ray ; and is the Felis Dis- 
color, of LinnGsus and Gmelin. It is the 
Once, of Des Marchals ; the Black Cou- 
guar of BufFon ; and the Jaguar, or Black 
Tiger, of Pennant. 
We ha.ve seledled the original Brasilia tt 
name for our description ; as we cannot ar-" 
prove of calling it the Jaguar, after Pennant, 
which is evidently the Brasilian name of a, 
very different animal, called the Jaguar by Buf- 
fon, being Pennant's, as well as our own, 
Brasilian Tiger; and we do not entirelyap^ 
prove of calling it the Black Tiger, to which 
we should incline, because it has none of 
those spots, or markings, which generally dis- 
tinguish all the species of Tigers; though in 
sonic 
