CARNIVORA. 
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There was a young specimen of a species of 
ocelot in the museum at New York, which was not 
much larger than a great cat. The ground-colour 
of it was a dull gray, marked with long spots of 
tawny, in black borders. 
Neither of the above three had any speck or mark 
inclosed within the link-shaped or oval circles, which 
characterizes the following, viz. 
THE MEXICAN CAT, PENNANT. OCELOT, BUFFON. 
Felts Fardalis, Gm. 
This is the ordinary ocelot, or species of the group 
commonly indicated under this name. A fine spe- 
cimen of it was in the Leverian Museum, and is 
copied by Pennant, Shaw, and Buffon. It was about 
three feet six inches long, with a tail about fifteen 
inches more. It had four rows of oblong spots, 
edged with black, and with one, two, three, or even 
four black points down the middle of them. There 
was a specimen lately in Paris, somewhat smaller, 
but with similar marks ; both these were males. 
If there were females with black spots within the 
oblong rings, and males without black spots in the 
rings, there would be strong reason to conclude the 
two as distinct species •, but sufficient specimens have 
not yet occurred to determine these premises. 
The next we shall mention is, 
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