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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY-GENERAL REPORT, 
FELIS EYEA, Desm. 
Tiger Cat. 
Felis eyra, Desm. Maram. I, 1820, 231. 
“Max. Beit. II, 381.” 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreber, II, 1841, 544. 
Bcrmeister, Thiere Brasiliens, I, 1854, 90. 
Felis unicolor, Traill, in Mem. Wern. Acad. Ill, 178 ; pi. x. 
Berlandier, MSS. pi. ii. 
Sp. Ch. —Size of the house cat, but with longer neck, and general form more musteline. Tail rather longer than the body, 
exclusive of the neck and head. Color, uniform brownish red, a little paler beneath. (Hairs not annulated ?) 
The introduction of this species into the fauna of North America is based on a skull in the 
Berlandier collection, (No. 1373,) obtained at Matamoras ; and on drawings and descriptions 
in the Berlandier manuscripts. It ranges from Guiana to Mexico, and through the latter, 
probably near the coast, to the Rio Grande of Texas. 
For full accounts of the species, see the report on the mammals of the United States and 
Mexican Boundary Survey. 
FELIS YAGUARUNDI, Desm. 
Felis yaguarundi, Desm. Mam. I, 1820, 230. 
Temm. Mon. Mam. I, 1827, 139. 
“ Max. Beitrage, II, 381.” 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. II, 1841, 512. 
“Waterhouse, Zool. Beagle, II, 16 ; pi. viii.” 
Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, 1846 ; pi. iv. 
Burmeister, Thiere Brasil. I, 1854, 90. 
Felis mexicana ? Desm. I, 1820, 230. 
Felis cacomitl, Berl. MSS. 
Sp. Ch. —Larger than the largest common cat; much more elongated. Tail as long as the body, exclusive of the neck and head. 
Prevailing color, a continuous grizzled brownish gray, without any spots. Hairs annulated and tipped with black. Young 
rather more rufous. 
A skull (No. 1426) of this species, in the collection of Dr. Berlandier, collected at Mata¬ 
moras, with a full description of the animal by him, establishes a more northern range for 
this species than has hitherto been accorded. In its southern range it reaches as far as Paraguay. 
A full description of the skin and skull of this species will be found in the zoological report 
of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. 
