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On a new species of Felis. 
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straight, short and abrupt; ears short, widely opened, and well lined within— erect 
rounded, and untufted at their tips ; tail long, rounded, well and uniformly 
haired ; its tip slightly tapered. 
I he hind legs are considerably longer than the fore ones ; and are distinguished 
by the true pardine length of the femora joint or member, indicating, like all 
other parts of the animal’s form, very great agility. The jaws are very powerful, 
but the teeth not noticeable for superiority of size ; and the front ones may even 
be said to be small; they are also close set, and compressed laterally, except near 
the extiemities, where the lateral compression ceases, and an oblique truncation is 
observed both from without and within. The mustachios are large and verystout: 
the bristles above the eyes, 4 or 5 in number, and small. The expression of the face, 
(as already noticed,) is devoid of ferocity, and agreeable, approaching to that of the 
domestic cat. The whole superior parts of the animal, except the ears, and tip of 
the tail, and maiks on the face, are of an uniform, deep, rich, brown red or bay. 
The ears, and tip of the tail, (above) black ; and the marks on the face, pale buff, 
edged with black. W ith regard to the inferior parts, it may first be observed, that 
their general hue is that of the superior parts, only considerably paler: but the 
pectoral surface of the neck forms an exception, being as dark as the body above. 
The insides of the fore limbs are paler than those of the hind, being whitish buff; 
and they are, besides, marked with several transverse dusky bars : the paws dusky, 
and freckled with gray ; the upper lip, pale buff, with 3 parallel rows of black dots; 
the lower lip and dim, white ; inferior surface of the tip of the tail, the same ; 
insides of the ears, like the inferior parts generally, but paler, or buff colour. It 
remains only now to describe the marks on the animal’s face ; and as these will 
probably serve, at least m part, to characterise the species, I shall set them down 
minutely. There are three principal marks on either side the head-one above 
the eye and two behind the gape. Their general form is linear, and their 
general direction longitudinal; but the lines are not regular, nor their direction 
strictly lengthwise the two proceeding from behind the gape, nearly to the angle of 
fnX one°al n ’ T"’ ^ ^ tendin e *o approximate behind- 
and the one above either eye, being rather arched above the centre of the eye. From 
the latter lines too, two shorter lines are put off obliouelv u J 
opening of the ears. The central and larger portion of th ‘ ’ ^ api ! r0aC 1 * 
the marginal portion, all round black Thp ^ marks ls whitisl1 buff; 
b.a ck , their tLinalhalf, wZl hu“ t he ^ ~ “ “ 
the domestic cats, and below them is a d^h of J vt , ““ 
white ; the nails black. Dimensions and size as follows ^ ** 
Length of the body, from tip of snout to setting on of tail 
Length of head, total, b laiI > 
Nape to eyes. 
Eyes to snout. 
Length of the tail, 
Length of fore leg, to the line of the belly. 
Ditto of hind ditto, ditto, ; 
Height of animal, at shoulder. 
Length of the ears, 
Kepal, March 20 , 1831 . 
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