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CYNAILURUS JUBATUS
It would follow its master whin he went out on horseback, occasionally sitting down fora few moment, and then bounding
cr him. Tt liked to be noticed, and expressed its pleasure by purring. As it increased in size it commensal rece
but being whipped for this t tamed its attention to donkeys, and was well kicked by these otherwise subst
creatures. Its owner then had some gazelles (Gazelle bennett) brought and let loose belore it. "The Uheetah iene
caught them easily 5
discontinued the chase—although, i a greyhound was slipped, it would fellow the dog. When it wee beginning ta nee
it didnot understand how to pall them down; and occasionally, ifthe antelope got ton faraway i
and its duties its master parted with it as he was going on field service. ‘This species preys upon antelopes of varons
Kinds whichis ecoustoned either to stalk and then spring upon from soma coavenient hidioe place os ele eco
Mf sheep. When taken into the field to hunt, it in cared in w carts ith its epee
Cheetah’ eyes areuncorere. Ansoon a the animal catches sgh fits prey tea down fom the cat, equals ea
appt sie rom tat on which dhe game i, and approaches citer weal, taking sdentage of every no ag
the ground, or eke by galloping quietly along until the quarry becomes fghtened sad ste of when mamechat ta
ds rapidly forward with a speed that is almost ine and generally arives within sprin
‘oments, when it launches itself upon the fe lope, and drags it to the ground, siz
time by the throat. ‘The keeper then runs up as quickly a
blood in a svooden Inde, thrust it under the nose of the Cheetah, who laps it up; and while thus occupied the
dover its head. IF this speci is unsuceesfal on these expeditions, and its prey escapes, it either
sulkly buck to the cart growling out its displeasure, or walks about, according to Mr. Vigors in «to
passion,” after whieh =
termed by Blyth a “bleatike mev.” ‘The hunters assert that this erentre, if captured when young, is eles fo
it submits to be led back to the waggon. Jerdon's tame animal when left alone ntteved «ples
training, ax the instruction ofits parents is necessary for it to leam how to pall dowa its rey
Mr. Selater hns conferred upon a Cheetah living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society at’ Regent’s Park the name of
Fis lnet, 8 probebly eprsenting a species dine from C.judats, "The characters given ws specie ar the den
and the absenee of the black line
between themouth and the eye. ‘The animal was stated to have come ftom Beaufort West, nthe Cape colons, South Alten
fur and the isabelline hue of the body, covered by dark fulvous spots, the denser ti
have ever seen; but that fact is not of itself of much importance, as the tarsi tal
ull nti Lyra om Pras Chie doing ean eg eee elit
were always conspicuously " i als. I have examined this F. anew as carefully as was
‘mindful of the great variations to which all ¢ le, that it represents a distinct species; and until it can be
B. pardue from colder latitudes
General colour light buf. A black bar ftom nose to mouth across the midlle of upper lip, and a narrow one aeross the
chock from comer of the eye. Chin and ehoat buffy white. The entre rest of body thickly speted with black or rotons
A short mane on hind neck and between shoulders. Tail long, same colour as body, thickly spotted with blac, eal
tipped for from 3 to 4 inches from the end with buck
CYNAILURUS JUBATUS
Specimen in British Musewn.—Nose to root of tail 4 fet 2! inches,
F.fanea, and covered with large jet-black spots.
tof body and legs dark chest
le, the forehead very high. The face is short and brond, as
The processes of the maxilla are
Young-—Hlead, back, and tail greyish white
The skull ofthis species is greatly arehed when seen in pr
Brain-ease wide, fll, and rounded
nasal, These last are also depressed medianly
ed at the centre
aie ae are ree
erably beyond the fronto-articulation of the
rounded and extended co
prefrontal bone is also greatly depre
ove at the symphysis; and th
of the nasals, Tnterorbital nines moderate in sie |