316 LESSER, AND HUNTING LEOPARD. 
cognize him, and began as usual to renew itji 
caresses. 
Lesser leopard. 
This species is not half the size of the former : 
its tail is also shorter in proportion, and tapers to 
a point ; whereas the tails of the panther and great 
leopard are of equal thickness from top to bottom ; 
its face is spotted with black ; it has a great 
black spot on each side of its upper lip ; its breast 
is marked with small spots ; its belly is white 
spotted with black ; its back, sides, and rump, 
are covered with hair of a bright yellow, marked 
with circles of spots like the former, but the circles 
are less. 
One of these was kept some years ago in the 
tower, and seemed a good-natured animal. — Mr. 
Pennant is its only describer. 
Hunting leopard. 
This animal is of the size of a large greyhound, 
of a long make, and has long legs and a narrow 
chest. It has a small head ; its eyes are of a pale 
orange ; the end of its nose black ; a dusky line 
runs from each corner of the mouth to the corner 
of each eye ; its ears are short ; of a tawny colour, 
marked with a brown bar ; its face, chin, and 
throat, are of a pale yellowish brown, sometimes 
the throat white ; the face is slightly spotted ; the 
body is of a light tawny brown, marked with 
numbers of small round black spots, not in circles, 
but each distinct ; the spots on the outside of the 
legs are larger ; the hair on the top of the neck 
is longer than the rest ; that on the belly is white 
and very long ; the tail is of a reddish brown. 
