THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
Clouded Leopard (Felts nebulosa ), native name, Kwei-ko-pao , are found in 
Yunnan and Kweichou. 
The Lynx ( Felis lynx) is found on the Chinese -Tibetan borderland, and 
its handsome skin commands a ready sale among the Chinese. Large 
numbers of skins are imported from America and make very beautiful 
robes. 
The lesser varieties of cats are legion, and many different kinds may be 
distinguished in the fur and pawnshops of the larger Chinese towns. The 
following have been recognized: 
Chinese Marbled cat (Felis scripta). 
Chinese Jungle cat (Felis pallida). 
Asiatic Ocelot (Felis tristis). 
Leopard cat (Felis bengalensis ) . 
A small and vicious tabby cat (Felis ingrami ), found in West Hupeh. 
Civet cats are common all over the warmer parts of Central and Western 
China. 
The Panda (Aelurus fulgens styani), native name, Chu-chieh-liang, is one of 
the most richly and beautifully marked creatures to be found. It is rare 
in Szechuan but commoner in Yunnan. 
“ In the shape of its head, short, broad face, and short ears this 
animal is very catlike; the claws, too, are partially retractile. The 
limbs are short and stout; the soles of the feet furry; the tail is 16 to 
18 inches long, stout, cylindrical, and ringed at intervals like a civet 
cat. The fur is long, soft, rich, dark, ferruginous on back, shoulders, 
and flanks; underparts black; claws white; soles of feet, greyish; 
forehead, chestnut with rufous stripe running down from the eye to 
near the snout; face, lips, edges and inner surface of ears, white; 
outer surface of ears, dark red.” (“A Naturalist in Western China.”) 
It ranges from 38 to 44 inches tip to tip and weighs 9 to 10 lb. 
The Giant Panda or parti-coloured bear (Aeluropus ntelanoleucus) , native 
name, Feh-hsiung y was discovered by Pere David in Mupin (1869). M. 
Berezovski met with it again 1892-4 on the Kansu -Szechuan borders. 
No foreigner has yet been so fortunate as to kill one. “It ranges from the 
vicinity of Wa-shan westward to the forests beyond Tachienlu, northwards 
to Sung-pan and thence eastwards through the high mountains to the 
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