MAMMALIA. 
19 
Conip (j 
it has the na^l ^ le s kull of Felis chaus, that of F. shawiana is comparatively longer, 
tal processes S fes^ 0r ^°- 1 more e l 0Il g a te, the face less convex, the breadth behind the postorbi- 
lynxes have ^ le processes themselves are longer and project further. The true 
The skull of ry ^ S ^ 10r * :er anc i more convex skull, and so have the smaller typical cats. 
Sorter than tl 'l'*'* Cm< * atu8 approximates to that of the true cats, being rounder and 
t>f Felis shrnci ^ c ^ iaus - The only skull I can find which approaches in form to that 
a Peculiarly loncT] viverrma , the type of Gray’s genus Viverriceps, a cat with 
shaicio 
tail, fr oni y,. . ana ls distinguished externally from F. {Chaus) caudata by its much shorter 
hy its shorter T ^ ^ e i n g spotted throughout, and from F. torquata (F. ornata, Gray) 
ls Ve ry different / ’ more ru ^ ous colouration, and distinct black spots on the abdomen. It 
the breast 10111 m I>tilura? which has red spots on the sides and rufous bars across 
This t 
Thrkand. ^ ^ comraon i n the plains of Eastern Turkestan, around Kdshghar and 
^Undautly * " i t lcz h- a has noted on the label of the original skin that the animal is found 
■tlr. Shaw * ILC ^ have received the same account from Captain Biddulph, Dr. Scully and 
°t the skuii^! 11 <m ptate lb, the black spots on the belly have been omitted. Three views 
given on plate lc. 
11. Eelis uncia. 
The 
Sehreb., Saugth., i, p. 386, PI. C. 
Adult skin (probably purchased) sent from Leb ; 2, Skin of young animal without label ; 3, skull of young 
animal purchased at Kashgkar, and said to have been brought from Sarikol (the two last very possibly 
e 011 &od to the same individual). 
nii §ht hav e °^. ^ le ounce, or snow leopard, as it is called by sportsmen, on the Pamir, 
011 the Altyn-t ^t, 1 IU:icl l )a t C( t- It is found in parts of Southern Siberia, 3 throughout Tibet, 
| lu nr, where Sch ■ S ° U ^ Tiob-nor, and in Western Turkestan. To the east it extends to the 
0 Persia, _y rin f en tound it abundantly, and it occurs to the westward on the mountains 
ema anc t Asia Minor, being found in the latter country near Smyrna. 3 
12. Eelis lynx. 
S yst. Nat., i p 6 o 
’ Turklof Ydrkand (Scully). 
TV, _ ’ (without skulls or feet) purchased at Kashghar. 
,. "o tine ski 
°1 the tail to^h* 1Cmovef T without cutting open the belly, by an incision from the inser- 
l^ l 'Poian i n j v y.^i 0 Wen the thighs, are marked as purchased for Government by Captain 
° n § to the Eur & ^ ? one ls sa hl to have been brought by an Aksu merchant. Both 
°pean form of lynx, and not to the much paler F. isabellina 4 of Tibet. 
> 
‘ p™ iot - p - Z. S. 1871, p. 761, PI. LXXVI. 
a a * as ’ Zoog. Ros. As., i, p. 17 ; Middendorf, Sib Reis., ii, 2, p. 75. 
4 la, ‘ r ° rfl and Alston, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 272. 
• A S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 1178. 
