. BENG. Mach hagbrul, . BENG.
Travancore, Malabar, Ceylon, throughout Bengal up to the S.E. Himalaya Terai, Burma, Nepal, China, and Malayana. It is remarkably beautiful.
Leopardus Japonensis, Gray, of Japan, and L. brachyurus, Swanhoe, of Formosa.
Felis marmorata, Martial, Marbled Tiger Cat.
F. Charltoni, Gray. F. 0g,ilbii, Hodgs.
F. Duvancelli, Hoelgs. F. leopardus dosul, Hodgs. F. diardi, Jerdon.
This prettily-marked wild cat has been found in the Sikkim Himalaya.
Fells Bengalensis, Desm., the Leopard Cat F. Sumatrana, Horst'. F. undulata, Schinz.
F. Javanensis, „ Chaim servalinus, Gray.
F. Nipalensis, Hodgs. Leopardus Chinensis, _Ell.
F. pardichrous, „ L. Reevesii, Ell.
F. minuta, Tenam.
A very variable species, found throughout Ceylon, all India south-eastwards to Java. It is untameable. It is the Wagati of the Mahratta ; lives in hollow trees, and destroys hares, mouse deer, etc.
Felis Jerdoni, Blyth, the Lesser Leopard Cat of the Peninsula of India, very similar to F. Bengal ensis.
Fells aurata, Tenant., the Bay Cat F. Moormensis, Hodgs. I F. Temminckii Vigors.
F. nigrescens, „ I Moonni cat, II:odgs.
Inhabits the central region of Nepal and Sikkim.
Fells rubiginosa, Is. Geoff., Rusty Spotted Cat. Namali TA3I. Of the Karnatic, near Madras and Nellore. Colour greenish grey, with a faint rufous tinge ; breeds with domestic cat.
Fells planiceps, Vigors, of the Malay Peninsula.
2d. The Lynxine Group.
Fells torquata, F. Cur., Spotted Wild Cat. F. ornata, Gray. I Leoparaus inconspicuus, F. servalina, Jardine. Gray.
F. Huttoni, Blyth.
The ground colour is cat-grey, with numerous small black roundish spots. Length 2 feet, tail 1 foot. Central India, common at Hissar ; feeds on the jerboa rat.
Felis ehaus, Gztlden, Common Jungle Cat.
F. affinis, Gray. F. Jacquemonti, /a. G.
F. kutas, Pearson. Chaus lybicus, Gray.
F. erythrotes, Hodgs.
Ban-beral, . . . BENG. Mota lahn manjur, MAHE. Mant bek, . . . CAN. Bhaoga, . . . . „ Katas, Jangli billi, HIND. Jinka . . TEL.
Chcrra pub, . MALEAL. Kada bek, 'WAD.
Common all over India, and np to 8000 feet, and throughout Africa, ; breeds with domestic cat.
Fells caracal, Schr., the Red Lynx. Caracal melauotis, Gray, is found .throughout Africa, in Arabia, Persia, Tibet, in many parts of Central and Western India, not in the Himalaya or Bengal. • Feeds on peafowl, hares, etc., and is trained to kill hares, peafowl, kites, crows, cranes.
Felis Isabellina, Blyth, is the Lynx of Tibet, and F. manul, Pallas (F, nigripeetus, Hodgs.), is also of Tibet. F. megalotis, Temm., is of Timor.
Fella jubata, Schreb., the Huuting Leopard.
F. guttata, Hermann. I F. venation:F. Smith. Kendua bagb, . . BENG. I Chita, Yuz, Laggar, Hum. Chircha, Sivungi, . CAN. I Chita pull, . . . TEL.
This was the pard, panther, and leopardus of the ancients. Lengtb, head and body about 4i feet, tail 2i feet,' height 2i to feet. It is found throughout Africa in S.W. Asia, Syria, Meso potamia, in Sind, liajputana, Kandesh, Central and Southern India. - It attacks antelope, gazelle, and nilgai. -It is trained to hunt deer, and is carried hooded on a cart till near the herd, where it is nnhooded and slipped. It then slips down, and, if near the antelope, springs forward with a velocity perhaps exceeding that any other quad ruped possesses. It singles out the biggest buck of the herd, holds it by the throat till disabled. If it fail, it walks about angrily.—Jardine, _Mam mals ; Elliot ; Blyth.