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Show 1867.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF THE FELIDAE. 273 16. FELIS SENEGALENSIS, Lesson; Gue'rin, Mag. Zool. Mamm.t. . 77a5. Senegal. Very like F. viverrina from India. Can it be the same ? ftttt Clouded or marbled Old World Cats. Orbits of skull very large. 17. FELIS CAFFRA, Desm. IF. nigripes, Burchell; Blainv. Ostc'ogr. t. 6. Hab. South Africa. Skull 4 inches 5 lines long, 3 inches 2 lines wide. Orbits sub-quadrangular, 1^ inch high, incomplete behind. Var. Hybrid with F. domestica. 18. FELIS INCONSPICUA. Leopardus inconspicuus, Gray, 1844. Felis torquata (Chat de Nepaul), F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. ii. t. IF. bengalensis, Desm. from F. Cuvier? Hab. India (domesticated, or perhaps a hybrid). Skull: length 3 inches 2 lines, width 2 inches 1 line. Face moderate, broad, rather concave in front of orbits ; orbits large, rather oblong, incomplete behind ; forehead slightly convex, rhombic. Like skull of Chaus libycus, but smaller, and the forehead not so convex. tttttt Small-sized spotted Asiatic Cats. 19. FELIS MINUTA, part., Temm. F. undata, part., Fischer. F. sumatrana, Horsfield, Z. Java, t. . Hab. Sumatra. B.M. Fig. 7. Felis pardochrous. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1867, No. XVIII. |