MOUNTAIN CAT AND LYNX, S3 9 
The colour of the head., and of the whole upper 
part of the body, is 'a reddish brown. He is 
marked with long narrow stripes on the back, and 
with numerous round small spots on the sides and 
legs. His belly is whitish ; his chin and throat 
are of a pure white. 
He inhabits North America ; is a mild and gen- 
tle animal, and grows very fat. The quauhpecoili 
of Mexico agrees in nature with this ; but is of 
a brown or dusky colour, darkest on the back, and 
glossy. Its feet are black ; the hair on its belly 
is long and white ; and its tail is thick and long: 
The cat of New Spain is considered as a variety of 
this species. 
Serval, or mountain cat. 
This animal, four times the size of a common 
cat, differs widely from the preceding in these 
particulars : the orbits of its eyes are white ; the 
spots on its body universally round. In its nature 
it is very fierce and untameable. It inhabits the 
woods in the mountainous parts of India, lives and 
breeds on trees, and scarcely ever descends to the 
ground. It leaps with great agility from tree to 
tree. It is called by the natives of Malabar ma* 
rapute, and by the Portuguese the serval. 
Lynx. 
This wild cat has also a short tail, black at its 
end ; its eyes are of a pale yellow ; the hair under 
its chin is long and full ; the hair on its body is 
also long and soft, of an ash colour, tinged with 
red, and marked with dusky spots, more or less dis- 
tinct on different subjects ; in some they are 
scarcely visible. Its belly is whitish ; its ears are 
erect, and tufted with long black hairs ; these ptu<* 
