. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Felis jaguarondi. No. 7454 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. g nat. size. KEY TO SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. A. Adults and young spotted. page a. Spots large, above clay color, variable F. o. centralis 446 b. Spots small. a. Above ochraceous buff F. o. hcrnandezi 446 b. Above tawny ochraceous F. 0. goldniani 447 B. iVdults and young irregularly striped. FELIS. 445 a. Above rufous, marked with black; color very pagevariable F. pardalis 447 b. Above tawny, marked with black; color very variable F. p. mcarnsi 448 c. Above brownish black F. c
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Felis jaguarondi. No. 7454 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. g nat. size. KEY TO SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. A. Adults and young spotted. page a. Spots large, above clay color, variable F. o. centralis 446 b. Spots small. a. Above ochraceous buff F. o. hcrnandezi 446 b. Above tawny ochraceous F. 0. goldniani 447 B. iVdults and young irregularly striped. FELIS. 445 a. Above rufous, marked with black; color very pagevariable F. pardalis 447 b. Above tawny, marked with black; color very variable F. p. mcarnsi 448 c. Above brownish black F. carrikcri 448 d. Above pale rufous brown F. tigrina 449 e. Above pale drab gray F. glaucnla 450 i. Above dark clay color F. p. oncilla 450 C. Adults and young unspotted. a. Above grizzled brownish gray, varial)le F. jaguarondi 451 b. Above smoky gray F. j. cacomitli 451 c. Above pale grizzled fawn P- j- toltcca 452 d. Above dusky gray F. panamensis 452 e. Above brownish red F. eyra 453 f. Above rufous F. e. apache 453 g. Above (?) Skull only known F. jossata 453. Fig. LIX. Felix onca. Jaguar. From Elliots Mon. felid>e. 1. Felis onca; 2. Felis o. hernandezi. Ex type Brit. Mus. 446 FELIS. ^oncd ccufTnlis (Fclis), Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, P- 139-Costa Rica Jaguar. Tigrc in Spanish America for all Jaguars. Type locality. Talanianca, Costa Rica. Gcogr. Disir. Costa Rica north to Honduras, Central America. Gcnl. Char. Smallest of the Jaguars; dentition weak; colors intense. Color. Clay color with a median chain of black spots, borderedon each side bv five longitudinal rows of black rosettes; these lateralrosettes increase in size as they go toward the belly, and containfrom one to five small black spots. Crown and sides of neck tawny,covered with black spots or rosettes; black spot on upper and lowerlip; ears outside black with tawny spot in middle, inner side claycolor, tawny on margin; limbs on outer side clay color blotched withblack; under parts buffy white bl
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