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180. F. PLANICEPS, Vigors. 
Hab. Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 
A» Specimen from Malacca. Presented by C. 
HufFnagle, Esq. (1846).* 
(The second great division of Cats has constantly a 
more slender form of skeleton ; larger and more pointed ear- 
conch, which, in general, is more or less tufted, and is mostly 
concolorous externally. Such are the species more imme- 
diately akin to the domestic Cat, and the Lynxes). 
181. F. SERVAL, Schreber (F. Cuv. Mamm, Litlu I, t, 53). 
Syn. F. capensis, Forster. 
F. galeopardus, Desmarest. 
Tiger Bosch-katte, Cape colonists. 
Hab. S. Africa. 
A. Specimen from the Cape museum. Pre- 
sented by E. L. Layard, Esq. (1858). 
182. F. SYLVESTRIS, Brisson (Bell's Brit, Quad, ph) 
Syn. F, catus of most authors, nec L. 
Hab. The forests of northern and middle Europe 
and of middle Asia, but not Scandinavia ; 
common in the Caucasus. N. Africa (Bar- 
bary states), f 
jRemarh. — As Professor Nilsson observes, this species does not 
inhabit Scandinavia ; and the F. CATUS, L., refers to the domestic Cat 
of Europe, which has gone wild in Scandinavia as elsewhere. 
A, Specimen from Scotland. Presented by Sir 
W. Jardine, Bart. (1843). B, Skull of the same. 
. 183. .F. CATUS, L. (The domestic Cat). 
Billi, H. ; Berdl, B. 
Hab. Generally diffused ; but varying in different 
countries, and evidently derived from a plu- 
rality of wild species in different regions, or 
being more or less intermingled with them. 
* Desid. — F. mtjkmensis, Hodgson, P. Z. 8. 1834, p. 10: S. E. Himalaya. — 
F. Temminckii, Vigors, Zool. Journ. Sunititra. — F. rubiginosa, Is. Geoffroy, 
in Belanger's Fo^/t?^^. Coromandel j Ceylon ? 
t Two other N. African species akin to the domestic Cat are — F. manicu- 
XATA, Riippell, and F. margahita, Loche, Mev, et Ma^, <?f ZqqI, torn, X, 49, 
382, and pi. I. 
