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climb anything. It is very destructive to poultry, which it holds in an esteem 
above all other kinds of food. 
The Pampas Cat, or Jungle Cat (Felis pajeros ), is brown striped and 
sandy colored, is very long haired, and belongs to Buenos Ayres. 
The Caffre Cat ( Felis cciffra) is South African, and its two feet of length 
is gray-brown with black stripes; its tail is long and bushy. 
marbled cat {Felis martnorala). rimau-dahan, or tortoise shell tiger. 
The Nepaul Tiger Cat (Felis nepalensis ) has black bands and spots 
arranged lengthwise. 
The Kubouk (Felis javensis) is the species found in Java. 
The Mirvini (Felis moormennis ) is a mountaineer of Nepaul. 
The Wogati (Felis viverrimci) is found in India. 
The Balu (Felis sum a Iran a) 
belongs to Sumatra. 
The Chinese Tiger Cat, or 
Maou (Felis chinensis) , is a yellow¬ 
ish-gray species fairly common in 
EUROPEAN WILD CAT. 
EGYPTIAN CAT. 
the neighborhood of Formosa, though its range is throughout southern China. 
It has a length of body of about two feet. Occasional specimens are found 111 
the Philippines. „ „ , 
The Egyptian Cat (Felis caligulata ) resembles the pampas cat, but is not 
so bright in its coloring. To the Egyptian the cat has always been a sacred 
object, and upon its death was piously embalmed. 
