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MAMMALIAN GALLERY. 
[Cases’ 
13 & 14 .] 
[Cases 
15 & 10 .] 
Ounce or Snow-Leopard [Fells uncia), a beautiful, soft-furred, 
long-tailed species, which inhabits the snowy regions of the Hima- 
layas and Central Asia, at elevations varying, according to the 
season, from 9000 to 18,000 feet above the sea, never ranging 
very far below the snow-line. Once only it has been brought alive 
to Europe. 
The upper part of Cases 11 and 12 contains specimens of 
the Leopard [Fells j)ardus), one of the largest of the spotted Cats, 
whose range extends over all Africa and Southern Asia as far 
north as Persia and Tibet. In India it is extremely destructive 
to cattle and other domestic animals, and aged individuals 
frequently become man-eaters. 
The Tiger [Fells tigrls), Cases 13 and 14, is the largest and 
most dangerous of the Felidae, exceeding the Lion slightly in size, 
and far surpassing him in destructiveness. It is the only Cat 
ornamented with cross stripes on the body, a type of coloration 
which is very scarce among Mammals ; these cross stripes help 
to render the animal inconspicuous among the reeds in which it 
commonly hides itself, and where it would be comparatively easily 
seen if marked with spots or longitudinal bauds. It inhabits 
nearly the whole of Asia, from Persia, across Siberia, to For- 
mosa, and southwards throughout India and Burma to Sumatra, 
Java, and Bali, while it is not found in either Ceylon or Borneo. 
Specimens are exhibited of the smaller, softer-furred variety of 
Persia, and of the very large, short-haired Bengal form. 
The remainder of the true Cats are placed above the Tigers in 
Cases 13 and 14, and in the lower parts of Cases 15 and 16. Of 
these the most noteworthy are the series of the Central and Soutli- 
Arnerican Ocelots, and the Clouded Tiger of Assam. The fine col- 
lection of Norwegian, Canadian, and other Lynxes is also placed 
here. The Lynxes differ from the ordinary Cats by their short 
tails, tufted ears, and by certain differences in their skulls and 
dentition, and are confined to the North Temperate and Arctic 
zones of both the Old and New Worlds. 
The most aberrant member of the Felldce is the Cheetah or 
Hunting Leopard (Case 16), characterized by its small round head, 
its light and slender form, semi-retractile claws, and various other 
peculiarities, osteological and external. It is a native of the whole 
