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THE MAMMALS OE EGYPT. 
The spotting of the belly and flanks of this cat is about as distinct as the very similar 
markings on a young lion. In specimens in shorter coat the general colour is less 
grey, and the spotting of the flanks in particular more distinct. 
The skull is very readily distinguished from that of F. lyhica by its more projected 
facial portion, the less expanded malars, the rounded forehead, and the usually shorter 
and more sharply-pointed postorbital processes. The teeth of a female of this species 
are much larger than those of the largest male of F. lyhica. The zygomatic arches 
gradually narrow from the squamosal region, and the orbits are not laterally expanded. 
The nasals are gradually tapered posteriorly, and extend generally well behind the level 
of the maxillar> processes. Viewed in profile the orbit does not nearly reach the line 
of the forehead, and the face-line, although slightly bowed, slopes gradually away 
from the summit of the forehead to the end of the nasals. 
Mr. R. J. Cuninghame gives the ibllowing measurements and weights of fresh-killed 
specimens taken in cultivated land on the margin of the desert near Cairo, and now 
in the British Museum :— 
d. d. $. 
98.6.5.1. 98.6.5.2. 98.6.5.4. 98.6.5.3. 
mm. mm. mm. mm. 
Head and body . . . 7.20 760 620 5.20 
Tail. 270 280 210 215 
Hind foot. 170 174 145 140 
Ear. 64 72 63 65 
Weight.11 lbs. 2 oz. 14 lbs. 3 oz. 81bs. 7oz. 8 lbs. 
The last female was very young, the milk-canine still being in place, with the 
permanent canine about one-third extruded in front of it. 
Measurements of skulls. 
Brit. Mus. 
(Dr. 
Brit, Mus. 
Brit. Mus. 
jVo. 98.6.5.1. 
Anderson.) 
No. 98.6.5.4. 
No. 98.6.5.3. 
d. Cairo. 
d. Heluan. 
$. Cairo. 
$ juv. Cairo. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
Basal length. 
. 112 
109 
91 
84 
Zygomatic breadth. 
. 845 
82-5 
71 
65 
Breadth of brain-case .... 
54-5 
53-5 
49 
48 
Lachrymal fossa to tip of nasal . 
27 
24-5 
21 
19 
Least interorbital breadth . . . 
24-9 
221 
19 
17 
Front of canine to back of P™- 3 . 
41-7 
41-9 
35 
35 
Iiength of pyy3 (ontside) . . 
15'5 
16-5 
14 
15 
This cat inhabits low marshy ground and is very partial to reed-beds, sugar-cane, 
bean-fields, or any similar thick cover. It has not been recorded from any other part 
