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had a Puma which followed him like a Dog, and kept close to him 
in the most crowded assembly. 
The Ocelot (Felis pardalis, Linn.), one of the most beautiful of 
the Felinse, is a little more than three feet in length. The colour 
of its pelage is a greyish fawn, marked with large spots of a 
bright fawn, edged with black. Its habits are entirely nocturnal, 
it feeds on Monkeys, Rodents, and Birds, climbing the trees in 
Fig. 147. — Puma ( Felis puma, Shaw). 
their pursuit with marvellous agility. It is found in various 
parts of North and South America. 
Like the Puma, it rapidly becomes attached to Man. Azara 
has seen one which, although it enjoyed the greatest liberty, 
would never leave its master. 
Lynxes (. Lyncus ). — The animals belonging to the Lynx family 
differ from the Cats in their longer coat, their shorter tail, and 
