. Animals in menageries. ers, back, side,rump, and hams, are long chain-like streaks of blackand reddish brown intermixed. The belly and throathave black streaks ; and the tail has imperfect blackrings. The (Jiiati Tjger-Cat. Felis Wiedii, .Sc/«/ir/. Chati, F. Cuvier. (Fig. 20,) If, as Cuvier sup]>oses, the species of tiger-cat, called by his brother theChati, is the same asthat discovered byPrince Maximilian ofXeuwied, in Brazil,and named, in hishonour, by Sching,that name should,without doubl, be re-tained ; not, however, havinj.^ the means of establishingthis supposed identity, we shall
. Animals in menageries. ers, back, side,rump, and hams, are long chain-like streaks of blackand reddish brown intermixed. The belly and throathave black streaks ; and the tail has imperfect blackrings. The (Jiiati Tjger-Cat. Felis Wiedii, .Sc/«/ir/. Chati, F. Cuvier. (Fig. 20,) If, as Cuvier sup]>oses, the species of tiger-cat, called by his brother theChati, is the same asthat discovered byPrince Maximilian ofXeuwied, in Brazil,and named, in hishonour, by Sching,that name should,without doubl, be re-tained ; not, however, havinj.^ the means of establishingthis supposed identity, we shall confine our notice to thedescription of Frederick Cuviers Chati, and which hehasfigured in his folio lithographic work on is stated to be more than one fourth less than theFelis mills of Desmarest, and is even less than the com-mon wild cat: the head measures only four inches anda half, the body eighteen, and the tail ten ; the heightbeing eleven inches. The ground colour of the fur is brownish grey, paler. LONG-TAILED TIGER-CAT. 12? on the flanks, and white on the cheeks and belly: thehead and ears have black and white spots, and threeseries of the former pass down the back; those of theflanks, shoulders, and crupper are deep yellow, borderedall round with black, except at the anterior edge; and ofthese there are seven or eight; while some of theshoulder spots unite, and form an oblique band ; thoseon the feet are smaller, and they disappear altogetherupon the toes ; but the spots on the belly are full andcloudy: the tail has ten or eleven black rings. The Long-tailed Tiger-Cat. Fells Macrourus, Prince Maximilian, H. Smith. (Fig. 21.)
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