F E L I S ONCA.
feet, becoming smaller as they go down. Nose and upper lip light rufous brown. I do not give the exact number of
rosettes, as some have in their descriptions, as they are not reliable; for no two animals are alike, and rarely do both
sides of any one specimen present exactly the same pattern.
The skull of the Jaguar resembles those of the Lion and Tiger, but is broader in proportion to its length, the width
being about two thirds the length, with a concave forehead and a broad nasal region. On the inner edge of the orbit is
a fairly developed tubercle; but Gray is in error when he states that this is not found on the skull of any other Cat,
as I have seen it equally pronounced in Tiger skulls. The frontal processes of the maxillary are rounded, in
contradistinction to the truncated form of the Tiger and the pointed one of the Lion, and do not extend as far back
as the fronto-nasal articulation. The second sillon or furrow on the outer side of the crown of the canines is rudimentary,
in some instances entirely absent.