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GENUS FELIS.— Linn. 
Incisive - ’ Canine — ; Molar ~ = 30 
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There are two conical teeth, or false molars, in the upper jaw, which 
are wanting in the genus Lynx ; a large carnivorous tooth with three 
lobes ; the fourth cheek-tooth in the upper jaw nearly flat, and placed 
transversely ; the two anterior cheek-teeth in the lower jaw false. 
Head, round ; ears, short and generally triangular, not tufted ; in many 
species a white spot on their outer surfaces ; no mane ; tail, long ; tongue 
roughened with prickles ; anterior extremities with five toes, po.sterior, 
with four ; nails curved, acute, and retractile. 
Habit savage, feeding in a state of nature on living animals only, which 
they seize by surprise, and not by the chase, as is the habit of the dog 
wolf, &c.; leaping and climbing with facility ; speed moderate ; sense of 
sight good ; that of smell imperfect. 
There are 33 species of Long-tailed Cats described, inhabiting the four 
quarters of the world. Four species only are positively known to exist 
north of the tropics in America. 
The generic name is derived from the latin word Felis — a cat. 
FELIS PARDALIS.— Likn. 
Ocelot, OR Leopard-Cat. 
PLATE LXXXVI . — Male. — j Natural Size. Winter Pelage. 
F. Magnitudine. Lynx rufus. Cana. (s. potius flava), maculis ocellaribus 
magnis fulvis nigro-limbatis, in lateribus facias oblequas formantibus ; 
fronte striis 2 lateribus nigricantibus caudS corporis longitudine dimedia. 
CHARACTERS. 
Size of the Bay Lynx ; general colour gray, marked with large fawn- 
coloured spots, bordered with black, forming oblique bands on the flanks ; two 
black lines bordering the forehead laterally. 
