Archive image from page 107 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 Fig. 34.âFells Lyii mobile tail : it inhabits Africa. Allied to it is the Chati (F. mitis), a native of South America. Approaching the domestic Cat in size, colour, and markings, are also numerous species, among which the native Cat of Britain (fig. 35) may be particularized, distinguished by its tail not tapering as in the tame Cat ; it is also larger, but with much shorter intestinal canal, though it is probable that the length
Archive image from page 107 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 Fig. 34.âFells Lyii mobile tail : it inhabits Africa. Allied to it is the Chati (F. mitis), a native of South America. Approaching the domestic Cat in size, colour, and markings, are also numerous species, among which the native Cat of Britain (fig. 35) may be particularized, distinguished by its tail not tapering as in the tame Cat ; it is also larger, but with much shorter intestinal canal, though it is probable that the length of intestine in the common Cat may have been gradually induced by long-continued habituation to a less carnivorous regimen, operating through many successive generations. The domestic Cat is referred by Temminck to his F. maniculata, a species wild in Egypt ; but is probably a mingled race, derived from several distinct wild stocks : our author, in his last edition, referred it to the European Wild Cat, but subsequently retracted his opinion : the Angora variety of it is perhaps the most remarkable, being c\- covered with long silky hair. Of the spotless species, may be mentioned] The Cougar, Puma, or pretended Lion of America (F. concolor, Lin.) (Fig. 36,)âRed [sil- very or greyish-red], with small spots of a slightly deeper colour, which are not easily per- ceived [nor always present in the adults, and a smaU black tuft at the end of the tail. Size nearly that of a Leopard], from both Americas, where it preys on Sheep, Deer, &c. [and has been known, though very rarely, to attack mankind. An allied species, redder, and with shorter tail, exclusively from South America, is known as F. unicolor; and there is a small species also very similar, the Eira of Azzara, the tail of which is not tufted. The Jaguarondi ,-â -. âr-, /> . is another from the same locality, of medium Fig asâWilaCat. â ' size, altogether of a blackish-brown, more or less dark and rather low on th
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