. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 124 Carnivoea Fissipedia. and shorter head, and a thick tail which does not taper. It is usually yellowish grey in color with a dark streak along the back, numerous darkish stripes down the sides and across the limbs, and has black rings on the tail. It is a very savage animal even as a kitten, and sometimes attains a length of more than three feet from tip to tip. The female, who carries her young sixty-eight days, makes her nest in the hollows of trees or clefts of rocks, or even uses the deserted nest of soine large
. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 124 Carnivoea Fissipedia. and shorter head, and a thick tail which does not taper. It is usually yellowish grey in color with a dark streak along the back, numerous darkish stripes down the sides and across the limbs, and has black rings on the tail. It is a very savage animal even as a kitten, and sometimes attains a length of more than three feet from tip to tip. The female, who carries her young sixty-eight days, makes her nest in the hollows of trees or clefts of rocks, or even uses the deserted nest of soine large ; Some naturalists claim that the domestic cat is descended, at least in part, from this species, but the Egyptian Cat. The Egyptian Cat. (Felis-caliata), whose range extends throughout Africa and also into Asia, is probably the ancestor of most of the varieties of the Felis-domestica. The color of this species varies from a pale red to grey, always marked with more or less obscure stripes on the body and more distinct ones on the hind limbs, the tail is ringed and has a black tip; it has been known by different names at different times, and probably the Felis-chaus of Africa really belongs to this species, as the hinder parts of its feet are sometimes 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 Petersen, Marcus, 1854-. Buffalo, N. Y. , Hammond Press
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