. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and edentate Mammalia in the British museum. Mammals. 10. FELIS. 27 Felis Diaidii, Oriffith. Felis minuta, var., Tenvm. Felis undata, var., Fischer. Rah. Java. 21. Pelis nepalensis. Felis nepalensis, Vigors Sr Sors/ield, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 382; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 272, 400. Hah. India. Perhaps a hybrid or domesticated. 22. Felis chinensis. Felis chinensis, Gray, Mag. N. H. 1837; P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 274,400. Felis hengalensis, var., Blyth, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 184. Hah. China. 23. Pelis pardinoides. Fur grey-brown, with large black gr
. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and edentate Mammalia in the British museum. Mammals. 10. FELIS. 27 Felis Diaidii, Oriffith. Felis minuta, var., Tenvm. Felis undata, var., Fischer. Rah. Java. 21. Pelis nepalensis. Felis nepalensis, Vigors Sr Sors/ield, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 382; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 272, 400. Hah. India. Perhaps a hybrid or domesticated. 22. Felis chinensis. Felis chinensis, Gray, Mag. N. H. 1837; P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 274,400. Felis hengalensis, var., Blyth, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 184. Hah. China. 23. Pelis pardinoides. Fur grey-brown, with large black grey-varied spots; chin and beneath white. Spots of vertebral Hne black; of withers large, ob- long ; of loins linear; of sides, shoulder, and rump large, roundish, varied with grey hairs in the centre, making them appear somewhat as if they were formed of a ring of smaller black spots; of thigh and fore legs black, small, and there confluent into cross bands. Tail with black rings. Length, body and head 19, tail 9 inches. Felis pardinoides, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 400. Hab. India (Capt. Innes; from Zool. Soc. Mus.). SkiiU, length 3^^^, width 2^ inches; orbits moderate, oblong; hinder nasal opening oblong, with an angular front edge. 24. Pelis pardochroa. (Nepal Tiger.) Fulvous, with various-sized and -formed black spots and streaks. Fig. 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; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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