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THE HUNTING LEOPARD. 
W^A Cyn or Felis jubata. Native Dames: Cheetah, Lugger, Yuz, 
Simngi Canarete Kmdun Bagh ’ Ben «' > Cheetah-puli, Tel. Chircha, 
vh,J^!!fT K T ]W \ n 5 ld!a ’ i r ' Jnjab ’ Ra jputana, Central India, Central Pro- 
vmces, and almost up to Bengal. 
Period of gestation.- —Uncertain, probably same as the leopard. 
Description. Tawny yellow ground on sides, rufous fawn' above, spotted 
almost over the entire body with round black spots (not rings as in the leopard 
sLrtWoT Mged ’•?, r ° settes >- Chln > thr °at and belly buffy white, unspotted, 
bhort black ears with tawny base and margins. Tail spotted near the root and 
merging into rings towards the tip, and more than half the length of the head 
and body 1 he young are grey and spotted only on the under-fur. Skull high 
r . 1 , , a<3 ’ m ! 1Z , Z e S10rt ; , The c ' iUVS are semi-retractile. It is about the length 
o _ he leopard, but stands higher, and the limbs are longer and more slender. 
ta , med an 1 U8edl , n the cllase of antelopes, chiefly the black buck, and it 
found ltS the ° W r ° Cky hl S snrroun dmg the plains on which antilopes are 
Measurements .-Average height at shoulder, 2 ft, 7 ins.; average length 
fi cm head to root of tail, 4 ft. 6 ins. ; average length from tip to tip, 7 ft. 
