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Show 1867.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF THE FELIDA., 265 Var. Leopardus hemandezi, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 278, t. 18 ; Blainv. Osteogr. Felis, t. 3. Hab. South America. Pupil round.-Bartlett. Skull: nasals broad, their hinder end and the back edge of maxillee nearly on a line ; forehead convex; nose broad, flat above; orbit with a prominence in the middle of the front or nasal edge. Length 9 inches, width 6 inches. Var. Black.-Skull: length 9| inches, width 6f inches. Brazil. f*j* Large one-coloured Cats. 5. LEOPARDUS AURATUS. Felis aurata, Temm. F. chrysothrix, Temm. F. moormensis et F. murmensis, Hodgson. Junior. F. temminckii, Vigors. Hab. Himalaya, Sumatra; Borneo. Pupil round.-Hodgson. 6. LEOPARDUS CONCOLOR. Felis concolor, Linn. F. discolor, Schreb. F. puma, Shaw. F. fulva, Brisson. Puma, Penn. Blainv. Oste'ogr. Felis, t. 6 ; Baird, M a m . N. A. t. 71 (skull). Var. Black. Hab. North and South America. Pupil round.-Bartlett. Skull: length 7-J inches, width 5-| inches. Nasals rather narrow, with a central sunken line rather behind the back end of maxillee ; cheeks in front of the orbits rather concave; the upper part of the intermaxilla much produced up the side of the nasal for one-third the length of that bone. 5. NEOFELIS. Skull elongate; face broad, rather produced, on the same plane as the forehead. Nasal large, elongate. Orbit moderate, very incomplete behind. Lower jaw truncated and high in front. Canine teeth, upper and lower, very long, conical, with a sharp cutting hinder edge; the front upper and lower false grinders distinct, early deciduous. The front lateral process of the frontal bone rather elongate. The hinder entrance to the nostrils very narrow, elongate ; sides parallel; front edges rounded. Pupil round (Hodgson), oblong erect (Bartlett). This skull most nearly resembles that of the celebrated fossil Felis smi/odon (Blainv. Osteogr. Felis, t. 20), with a very much elongated upper canine. |
