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INTRODUCTION,
subregion. Flo still maintains its existence in the peninsula of Guzerat; F. pardon is
1 throughout India, common in Burma and the island of Hainan of
Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and Java of the Indo-Malayan subreg
from 5000 to 10,000 fect on the Himalayas into Nepaul and Sikhim, ils of Hainan and Porm
the Indo-Chinese subregion, and. the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. . bengalensie is found throughout India,
nd in Coplon of the Ceyl Fl o met with in Assam and Burma, and in the Malay peninsula
Stinatra, and Java. F. vicerrina ranges over India and Ceylon, is also met with in the island of Formos and in
Southern China of the Indo-Chinese subregion, and has been obtained in Burma, Tenasserim, Camboja, and the
Malay peninsula of the Indo-M mn. F ornata is confined to the desert regions of North-west India
and F. earacal is mot with at Northem and Central India, while. chavs is found from a he
fect on the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, It is also a native of Burma and Arakan of the Indo-Chine
subregion. C. jubates inhabits the westera and southern part of India, and to be a native of Ce
(Baker, Wanderings in Ceylon, p. 118). In the Tndo-Malaynn subregion, Boraco p fee
and. badia ; Sumatra likewise contains the two frst named; and F. plevicepe ako is found in the Malay
F. tenninckii is a vative of Nepal and the Southeastern Himalayas, probably also of Burma, and dvells in
Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and possibly Borneo, The last species to be A in this region is F. jncenss,
With a wide distribution, having been obtained in the vicinity of Cant 1¢ Indo-Chinese sub and
‘peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
ion, the Ethiopian, contains only two species’ not already mentioned in the jewe
and F. eafa, ‘The first inbabits Western Arien from Sierra Leone to the river Gambia; but
ay extend into the interior is unknown. F oqfra, together with o
vereal, B. hans, BP. cnrueal, and C. jubutus, inhabit Aftica generally, from
Teo also had the same dispersion; but of late years it has been driven away from the southem
the western hemisphere, the Nearetic Region claims our attentio
is generally distributed th the whole region from 43° north latitude, and extend ge along the entin
length of the Neotropical Re the Straits of Magellan. F. canadensis is distributed over the entire norther
portions of this region, and southwards on its enstera side to Pennsylvania while F. rvfi is met with generally
ion to Mexico of the Neot Region. F. pardali is a native of Arkansas, Texas, and Mexico, and
generally through the Ni al Region west of the Andes to Buenos Ayres. F. onea, the most powerful membe
the Felidae on the western hemisphere, ranges from ‘Tesas south to Patagonia in the Neotropical Iegion.
ined division, besides the species already given, contains F. jaguarondi and F. tigrina, which las been
h Central America and the caste part of South America, to Paraguay. F. eyre is found
Amerien to Paraguay. F. eoloolo scoms to be restricted to Guiana; F pageros ranges from Buenos
Strats of Magellan ; and F. geafrayi is met with in Buenos Ayres and Patagonia
ving review that the Palwarotic and Oriental Regions possess much the larger
fof the known species of the Felide, and may be considered the home of the Family of modem times,
Amerien of extinct feline forms may, however, raise a reasonable doubt in our
The recent dis in
whether, in the earlier epochs of the earth's history, the New World, so called, did not equa, if
sn hemisphere inthe variety and number of its species of Catlike animals.
sible, with our pr to state which hemisphere first produced « feline
¢ known eatures, viz. Peeudeluras (Gervais, Paléont. Frang. p- 232)
Paléont. Général. 187 4, pl. 12), and Dinictie (Leidy, Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien.
pl 5), each ap sene period, while all are represented in the Old-world strata, the third,
me nearly inseparable from it found in those of North Ameriea, These animals were of course very
differen from the existing species of the Felidae; but the specialized forms of that early age, ever pn rou
he long intervening epochs town fer type by successive changes and tunnumbered modifications, have resulted
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Fel
Fela
Beli jaguaron
Fedaterre
Felis Wadia
temainekit
Felis planiceps
Pelis paral
Pele tgn
Fela genfroyi
Fela Benpelensis
Fels vicerina
Fete
Felis chrysthris
Felis sereat
Felis enpliera
Fels javensis
Felis rabiginoas
elie eatue
Felis engin
Felis ornata
Felis chavs
Fels candats
Felis deetona
Felis cerearia
Felis perdina’
Felis yn
Felis raf
Felis caracal
Felis domestion
Cynaitrns jubatu
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