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of the academicians ; we have ventured to apply their 
name to our animal, and to retain BufFon’s synonyme 
for its English appellation. 
It is true, that the serval of Buffon has been se- 
parated and made distinct from the chat pard of the 
academicians, but the short specific characters given 
of each, and especially the assertion, that both of 
them were natives of India, seem to render it very 
probable, that the species here figured was that in- 
tended by both these descriptions ; and as the animal 
alluded to by the Baron Cuvier, and figured by his 
relation, corresponds so very nearly with a drawing 
of Major Smith’s, from a specimen taken at the Cape, 
which is next described, there seems the strongest 
reason to conclude, that the African species is the 
serval of these illustrious naturalists. 
THE CAPE SERVAL OF HAMILTON SMITH. 
jFelis Galeopardus? Cuvier. 
Felis Serml Capensis» 
This species of the Cape cat is communicated to 
me by Major Smith. It certainly is very similar to the 
serval of F. Cuvier, before-mentioned, and cannot, 
we think, be a distinct species. He saw it at Balti- 
more ; but it was stated to have come from South 
Africa. It was near four feet long, and the tail 
