. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. 462 CARNIVORA longer fur, this giving the animal the appearance of mui'e robust legs and less tapering tail. The skull and teeth differ only in the greater average size of fully adult individuals, a character. Fig. 98. Pelis silvestris (upper figure) and /'. cattis (lower figure). size. most readily appreciable in the teeth. In twenty European specimens of Felis silvestris and a like number of F. cafus the extremes for certain dental measurements are as follows :— C
. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. 462 CARNIVORA longer fur, this giving the animal the appearance of mui'e robust legs and less tapering tail. The skull and teeth differ only in the greater average size of fully adult individuals, a character. Fig. 98. Pelis silvestris (upper figure) and /'. cattis (lower figure). size. most readily appreciable in the teeth. In twenty European specimens of Felis silvestris and a like number of F. cafus the extremes for certain dental measurements are as follows :— Combined length of upper carnassial silvestris. catus. a,ndp7n^ 16-6 to 20-0 .. 15-0tol7-8 Combined length of lower cheek-teeth 18-8 ,, 23-6 .. 18-0 ,, 20-4 Lowermolar 7-8 ,, 100 .. 6-6,, 8-6 Felis silvestris silvestris Schreber. 1758. [Felis] catus Linnseus, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. 42 (part; synonyms only, the description refers to the domestic cat). 1777. Felis {Catus) silvestris Schreber, Siiugthiere, in, p. 397. 1777. \_Felis catus] ferus Erxleben, Syst. Regni Anim., i, p. 518. 1857. Felis catus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 162 (Not of Linnseus). 1896. Catus ferox Marfcorelli, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., Milano, xxxv, p. 253, January, 1896 (Accidental renaming of Catus ferns Brehm, Illustr. Thierleben, i, p. 275, 1863). 1907. Felis sylvcstris Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, p. 150, June 12, 1907. 1910. Felis silvestris Trouessart, Faune IMamm. d'Europe, p. 98. Tyjje locality.—Germany. Geographical -Central and southern continental. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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