. The cat, a guide to the classification and varieties of cats and a short treaties upon their care, diseases, and treatment. Cats. rARlETIES 33 differs from tlie house-cat in being larger and stronger in its body. It has a head which is broader and more heavily boned, and a short, thick tail which does not taper. Its whiskers are more abundant, and the pads of its feet. Fig. 8.— The Wildcat. are, in the males, of a deep black. In color it is a yellowish gray, with a dark longitudinal mark along the back, and it has dark strij^es descending more or less vertically on the sides and transversely
. The cat, a guide to the classification and varieties of cats and a short treaties upon their care, diseases, and treatment. Cats. rARlETIES 33 differs from tlie house-cat in being larger and stronger in its body. It has a head which is broader and more heavily boned, and a short, thick tail which does not taper. Its whiskers are more abundant, and the pads of its feet. Fig. 8.— The Wildcat. are, in the males, of a deep black. In color it is a yellowish gray, with a dark longitudinal mark along the back, and it has dark strij^es descending more or less vertically on the sides and transversely on the legs. Its tail is ringed with black, and is black at the end. In other words, it is marked much like the domestic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Huidekoper, Rush Shippen, 1854-1901. New York, D. Appleton and company
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