MAMMALS-FELIDAE—FELIS CONCOLOR. 
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The first has a central sharp lobe, with a basal one anteriorly and two posteriorly, or rather with 
that number of notches, giving rise to the same number of lobes. The second molar, in addition 
to the sectorial portion, resembling the permanent lower sectorial, has two notches on its pos¬ 
terior edge, cutting off that number of angular small lobes. 
FELIS CONCOLOR, Linn. 
The American Panther. 
Felis cencolor, Linn. Mantissa, 1771, 522; pi. ii. 
Erxleben, Syst. Anim. 1777, 511. 
Schreber, Saugt. Ill, 1778, 394; pi. civ, (ex Bufl'on.) 
Boddaert, El. Anim. I, 1784, 90. 
Temminck, Mon. de Mammif. 1, 1827, 134. 
Harlan, F. Am. 1825, 94. 
Griff. Cuv. V, 1827, 163. 
Fischer, Syn. 1829, 197. 
Pr. Comm. Sc. Zool. Soc. Lond. I, 1830, 158.— Ib. II, 1832, 62. (Period of gestation, 96 to 97 days.) 
Doughty, Cabinet, II, 1832, 25; pi. iii. 
Martin, Pr. Zool. Soc. Lond. I, 1833, 120. (Anatomy.) 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. II, 1841, 461. • 
Dekay, N. Y. Zool. I, 1842, 47; pi. ix, f. 1, 2. 
Aud. & Bach. N. A. Quad. II, 1851, 305; pi. xevi, xcvii. 
Burmeister, Thiere Brasiliens, I, 1854, 88. 
Felis discolor, Schreber, Sangt. Ill, 1778; tab. 104 B. (Interpolated at much later date.) 
Felis puma, Shaw, Gen. Zool. I, 1830, 358; pi. cxxxix. 
“ Traill, in Mem. Wern. Soc. IV, 2.” 
Puma, Penn, Hist. Quad. 1781, No. 160 .—Ib. Arctic Zool. I, 1784, 49. 
Lc cougouar, Cuv. & St. Hilaire, Hist, des Mammif. II, 1819. (Plate and text not paged.) 
Sp. Ch. —Body considerably larger than that of the common sheep. Tailmore than half the length of head and body. Gen¬ 
eral color above, a uniform pale brownish-yellow, finely mottled by dark tips to all the hairs. Beneath, dirty white. A black 
patch on the upper lip, separated from the nose by a triangular white space. Convexity of ear black ; tip of tail dusky. No 
spots or blotches on the body in the adult; a few obsolete ones in the half-grown young. Kittens with the body densely spot¬ 
ted and the tail ringed. 
This species is the second in size of the North American cats, being exceeded only by the jaguar. 
It is considerably larger than the largest dogs, the weight, according to Audubon, amounting 
sometimes to 150 pounds. The hair is, throughout, short and compact, close pressed to the skin, 
but not very glossy; it is longest on the belly. The head is small; the ears large and rounded 
above ; the whiskers in about four horizontal series. The paws are very large and with pads, as 
described in the other cats. The tail is rather more than half as long as the head and body 
together ; it is cylindrical to near the end, where it is rather more bushy and has a decided 
brushy tuft at the end, differing in this respect from the description of Audubon and Bachman, 
and others. 
In color this species is not dissimilar, seen from a distance, to the Virginia deer—like it, vary¬ 
ing with season in the precise tint. It is entirely unspotted in the adult state, the only dark 
markings consisting in a black patch on the upper lip over the insertions of the moustaches 
and the convexity of the ear, which is uniform dusky black, (in some specimens with a gray 
spot, according to authors.) The back and sides are a tawny brownish-yellow, with a wash of 
darker on the dorsal line. The under parts are dirty white. The tail corresponds with the 
body as to the upper and under surfaces; towards the end, however, and especially in the brushy 
