C A T, 
lM 
k* Le Serval de Buff on xiii. 2^3. tab* xxxiV. 
Differs from the preceding in thefe particulars % 
the orbits are white: the fpots on the body univer- 
fally round : in its nature very fierce, and untame¬ 
able : inhabits the woods in the mountanous parts 
of India: lives in trees, and fcarce ever defcends on 
the ground, for it breeds in them : leaps with great 
agility from tree to tree : called by the natives of 
Malabar , the Marapute\ by the Portuguefe , the 
Serval *. 
Mr. J. R. Forfter informed me, he law an animal 
of this ipecies in the Empreff s menagery at Pet erf- 
burg : ids fur was of a whitifh yellow : the fpots 
dufky : had a wild and piercing look : was brought 
from Tibet* 
Lynx. 
Chaus Plinii, lib. vlii. c. ig. Lu¬ 
pus cervarius. c. 22. 
F'oyF Milan, lib. xiv. c. 6. Op- 
pian Cyneg. III. 84. 
Lupus cervarius, Lynx, Chaus. 
Gefner quad. 677, 678. 
Lynx live Leuncia Can opufc. 50. 
Fabri Exp. An. Nonj.Hifp. 527. 
Lynx, Catus cervarius anglice , 
the ounce. Rail fyn. quad. 166. 
e I'ournefort > s <voy. \to. I. 360. 
Rys, Oflrdwiaz. Rzacinfij Polon . 
222. 
Lux Kramer Aujlr . 311 . Ridingtr 
Wilden Finer e 22. Kleine Fhiere 65 , 
See. 
Felis Lynx. F. cauda abbrevia- 
ta; apice atra, auriculis apice 
barbatis Lin. fyjl. 62. Warglo, 
Kattlo. Faun.fuec. No. to, 11. 
Lynx. Felis auriculortim apici- 
bus pilis longiilimis prseditis, 
cauda brevi. Brffon quad . 200. 
Catus cervarius, igg. 
Le Lynx, or Loup-Cervier, de 
Buffon , ix. 231. tabi xxi. 
C. with a fhort tail, black at its end : eyes of a pale 
yellow : hair under the chin long and full: hair on 
% Ds Buffon. 
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