carnivora. 
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found a few species, in each of these divisions, that 
possess some of the particular characters belonging 
to more than one of the genera, whence it is very 
difficult to say to which of them they belong. Strictly 
they are referable to neither, though in some par- 
ticulars related to both. 
The claws perfectly retractile, and teeth purely 
carnivorous, distinguish the cats from all other ani- 
mals ; but the maned hunting-leopard felts jubata 
of Linnaeus) has the claws retractile only in a very 
slight degree, so as to leave them always exposed, 
and consequently subject to wear and injury. The 
slim make of the body and limbs of this animal, cal- 
culated, apparently, rather for speed than strength, 
assimilate it, in a remarkable degree, to the canine 
race. In the docility of its disposition, and in a 
certain aptness or capability it possesses of being 
trained for field sports, it is also more like the dogs 
than the cats. It is therefore intermediate; and 
we appear to pass naturally from the latter race of 
animals, through this and the following species, to 
the former. They also form the first step or remove 
from the perfect fitness for carnivorous and predatory 
habits, in the loss of the retractile power of the talons; 
but their teeth are purely feline. 
The description and the name of this animal felts 
juhata^ or the maned-cat) have led to some difficulty 
with observers, who have found certain individuals 
with a mane, and others without. Thus the figure 
in Buffon, as well as that mentioned by Pennant and 
Shaw, in the Leverian Museum, were totally destitute 
