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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 
having the hairs annulated with yellow. The following are the dimensions of 
two specimens in the Paris museum, and those given by the authors above 
alluded to.* 
Paris M. Paris M. Desmarest. TemmincJc. Azara. 
In. 
Lines. In. Lines. In. 
Lines. 
In. 
Lines. 
In. 
Lines. 
Length from nose to root of tail . 
30 
6 28 0 23 
0 
30 
0 
36 
9 
of tail . 
, 24 
0 17 0 13 
9 
22 
0 
13 
0 
2. Felis Pajeros. 
Plate IX. 
Chat Pampa, Azara , Essais sur l’histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes du Paraguay. Traduct. FranQ. 
tom. 1. p. 179. 
Felis Pajeros, Desmarest , Mammologie, p. 231. 
F. vellere longissimo, jlavescenti-griseo, f asciis Jlavescenti-fuscis indistincte et sublon- 
gitudinaliter notato; pedibus annulis latis nigris; abdomine maculis magnis nigris ; 
mento albo ; cauda brevi ; auribus mediocribus, ad apicem externum nigris. 
Description. — The Pampas cat is about equal in size to the common wild cat of 
Europe ( Felis Catus, Linn.). It is however of a stouter form than that animal, 
the head is smaller, and the tail is shorter. 
The most remarkable character in this species consists in the great 
length of the fur, — the longer hairs on the back measuring upwards of 
three inches, and those on the hinder part of the back, are from four and 
a half, to four and three quarter inches in length. The general colour of the 
fur is pale yellow-gray. Numerous irregular yellow, or sometimes brown 
stripes run in an oblique manner from the back along the sides of the body. 
On each side of the face there are two stripes of a yellowish or cinnamon 
colour : these stripes commence near the eye, extend backwards and down- 
wards over the cheeks, on the hinder part of which they join and form a single 
line, which encircles the lower part of the throat. The tip of the muzzle and 
the chin are white, and there is a spot in front of the eye, and a line beneath 
the eye, of the same colour : the belly and the inner side and hinder part of 
* In measuring - the species of Mammalia, I almost invariably, when wishing to give the length, measure from 
the tip of the nose along the curve of the hack to the root of the tail. In the Ruminantia of course this plan is 
not desirable, but in other Mammals I have found it most convenient. If we take a Oat, for instance, and 
curve the body in whatever way we please, we find the length (taken in the way just mentioned) always the 
same. Whereas, if we take a straight line (as many naturalists do) the length will vary according to the posi- 
tion of the animal. 
