. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. r-i'^ CAT, THE :\rAl:BLED TIGER-CAT* "Tliiri prettily â¢marked Wild Cat (see previous page) 4ias been found in the Sikivim Himaiiiyan, in the Lilly regions of Assam, Biuniali, and Malaysia, extending into the islands of Java, at all ; The head and body together are from eighteen and a half to twenty-three long, the tail fourteen to fifteen and a half inches. The ground-colour of its hide is of a dingy tawny, " occa- sionally yellowish-grey, the body with numerous elongate wavy, black sjiots, somewha
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. r-i'^ CAT, THE :\rAl:BLED TIGER-CAT* "Tliiri prettily â¢marked Wild Cat (see previous page) 4ias been found in the Sikivim Himaiiiyan, in the Lilly regions of Assam, Biuniali, and Malaysia, extending into the islands of Java, at all ; The head and body together are from eighteen and a half to twenty-three long, the tail fourteen to fifteen and a half inches. The ground-colour of its hide is of a dingy tawny, " occa- sionally yellowish-grey, the body with numerous elongate wavy, black sjiots, somewhat clouded or ; The tail is spotted and tipped with black, and the belly is yellowish-white. d, up to the first of tlia I have not heard of its THE VIVERRIXE CAT. t "Tliis large Tiger-Cat," says 3[r. Jerdon, -is found throughout South-eastern Himalayas, extending into Burmah, China, and Malay occurrence in Central India, nor in the Camatic ; but it is tolerably common in Travancore and Ceylon, extendmg up the Malabar coast as far as Mangalore. I hue iixd one kdled close to at Tellicherry. In Bengal it inhabits low, watery situation', thiefl\, md 1 hue often got it upon the edge of swampy thickets in Purneah. It is said to lie cummon Ln the Terai and marshy regions at the foot of the Himalayas, but apparently not extending further west than Nepaul. Buchanan Hamilton remarks, ' In the neighbourhood of Calcutta it would seem to be common. It frequents reeds near water; and, besides fish, preys upon Ampullinee, rnios (shell- tish), and various birds. It is a furious untamable creature, remarkably beautiful, but has a very dis- agreeable smell.' On this Mr. Blyth observes, ' I have not remarked the latter, though I have had several big toms quite tame, and even found this to be a particularly tamable species. A newly-caught male killed a tame young Leoj^ardess of mine about double #. i.:n Vmh, i i',, n,! Vm !;,'nrtha' ;ui,i j;i-,-:.i
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