THE COMMON LEOPARD. 
The Jaguar {Felis ongd) is the largest of the cats of the 
New World ; it inhabits the hottest parts of the continent from 
South America into Upper Mexico, sometimes even ranging 
into the United States, — the principal home of the species be- 
ing in the dense forests which stretch away from both banks 
of the Amazon. In appearance there is much similarity to the 
leopard, — the Jaguar having a shorter tail and a more broken 
appearance of the spots covering the skin. 
Many instances are given by South American travelers of 
the strength and ferocity of the Jaguar ; D’ Azara, in par- 
ticular, relates how he once saw one drag off the body of a 
horse to a considerable distance and then swim with it across 
a wide and deep river. 
The American Panther {Fe/ts concolor) is generally dis- 
tributed through North and South America from Canada 
nearly to Cape Horn, though in the most settled portions of 
