. The carnivores of West Africa. Tilt CARNIVORtS 1)1 WHST AIKICA mai' as well. In the most rv'pical West African form—the subspecies cilidoi^aslcr according to van Mensch & van Bree—the dark spots are mostly large, roundish and clear, whether the general colour be red or grey: but they may be smaller or of elongated shape and sometimes rather obscure though unquestionably present. Largish flank spots are always clearly observable. Over the back of the neck, in the area of reversed pelage, the spots become very narrow and long, medially often joined into more or less luiinterrupt
. The carnivores of West Africa. Tilt CARNIVORtS 1)1 WHST AIKICA mai' as well. In the most rv'pical West African form—the subspecies cilidoi^aslcr according to van Mensch & van Bree—the dark spots are mostly large, roundish and clear, whether the general colour be red or grey: but they may be smaller or of elongated shape and sometimes rather obscure though unquestionably present. Largish flank spots are always clearly observable. Over the back of the neck, in the area of reversed pelage, the spots become very narrow and long, medially often joined into more or less luiinterrupted lines. These stripes are not always clearly separated but are. Fig. jX. I-clis minva: skuil, No. , j. latcra four in number, apart from spots lateral to them. Between the shoulders and the root of the tail there is a dark spinal band; and through this, in the majority of cases, about three of these slender nuchal, yet darker, stripes extend backwards as fir as the rump. In the Cameroun, central and east African form—reputedly the nominate race iiiirata—there is no pureh' dorsal or nuehal patttrn of spots, but the dark spinal band Flank spots may or may not occur; but the belly and other underparts are always spotted as described earlier. Melanos are known, in West Africa as well as In black forms of all cats there is sometimes some difficulty, owing to obscurement of the pattern, m determining the species; aiiratii presents du immediate means of reeognituin in the reversal of pelage direction on the back of the 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 Rosevear, Donovan Reginald, 1900-1986; British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Mammals]. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
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