TH E L IT T L E R E D -S P O T T E D CAT.
FELIS JAVANENSIS, Desm. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (18 1 6 ) vol. vi. p. 115.—Id. Mamm. (1820) p. 229. no. 358.—Horsf. Zool. Resear. (1824)
pi.—Cuv. Ossem. Foss. (1825) vol. iv. p. 436.—F. Cuv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. (1826) vol. ii. pi. 127.—Griff. Anim. King. (1827) vol. ii.
p . 482.—Less. Man. Mamm. (18 2 7 ) p. 189, sp. 503.—Fisch. Syn. Mamm. (1829) p. 205, var. a.—Vig. Mem. Raffl. (1830) p. 636.—I
Jard. Nat. Libr. vol. xvi. pi. xix.—Swain. Anim. Menag. (1838) p. 129.—Less. Compì. Buff. (18 3 9 ) vol. i. p. 410.—Horsf. Cat Mamm.
Mus. E.-Ind. Co. (18 5 1 ) p. 48. sp. 78.—J. E. Gray, Proci Zool. Soc. (18 6 7 ) p. 274.—Id. Cat. Cam. Mamm. (1869) p. 26. sp. 19.—Id.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1874) vol. xiii; p. 54.
FELIS SUMATRANA, Horsf. Zool. Resear. (1824) pi.—Cuv. Ossem. Foss. (1825) vol. iv. p. 436.—Griff. Anim. King. (1827) vol. ii. p. 484.—
Fisch. Syn. Mamm. (1 8 2 9 ) p. 205, var. /3.—-Vig. Mem. Raffl. (1830) p. 636.—Jard. Nat. Libr. vol. xvi. pi. xviii.—Swain. Anim. Menag.
(1838) p. 130.—Less. Compì. Buff. (1839) vol. i. p. 410.—Horsf. Cat. Mamm. Mus. E.-Ind. Co. (1851) p. 48. sp. 79.—Gerv. Nat. Hist.
Mamm. (1855) p. 86.—Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867) p. 400.
FELIS UNDATA, Less. Man. Mamm. (1 8 2 7 ) p. 188. sp. 502.—Fisch. Syn. Mamm. (1829) p. 205. sp. 18.
FELIS DIARDI, Cuv. Ossem. Foss. (1825) vol. iv. p. 437.—Griff. Anim. King. (18 2 7 ) vol. ii. p. 484, pi. fig. 1.—Less. Man. Mamm. (1827)
p. 189. sp. 505.
FELIS MINUTA, Temm. Mon. Mamm. (1 8 2 7 ) vol. i. p. 130.—Less. Man. Mamm. (18 2 7 ) p. 189. sp. 504.—Jard. Nat. Libr. vol. xvi. p. 215.
text.—J. E. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867) pp. 274, 400.—Id. Cat. Cam. Mamm. (1869) p. 26.—Id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1874) vol. xiii.
p. 55.
FELIS MINUTA, var., Temm. Mon. Mamm. (1827) p. 130.
FELIS CHINENSIS, J. E. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1 8 3 7 ) p. 577.—Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. (18 6 7 ) pp. 274, 400.—Id. Cat. Cam. Mamm. (1869)
p. 27. sp. 22.—Swinh. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1870) p. 629.—Gray.'Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (18 7 4 ) vol. xiii. p. 53.—Alph. Milne-Edw. Rech.
Mamm. p. 216,.pi. 31. i. fig. 2.
CHAUS SERVALINUS, J. E. Gray. Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. (1 8 4 2 ) p. 45 (exclus, syn.).
LEOPARDUS JAVANENSIS, J. E. Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. (1842) p. 43.
LEOPARDUS SUMATRANUS, J. E. Gray, Cat Mamm. Brit. Mus. (1842) p. 43.
LEOPARDUS CHINENSIS, J. E. Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. (1842) p. 43.
LEOPARDUS REEVESI, J. E . Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. (1842) p. 44.
FELIS CATUS, var. ß . JAVANENSIS, Less. Nouv. Tab. Règn. Anim. (1842) p. 54.
FELIS (PRIONAILURUS) MINUTA, Severtz. Rev. Mag. Zool. (1858) p. 387.
FELIS BENGALENSIS, var., Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1863) p. 184.
FELIS SERVALINA, J. E. Gray (nee Ogilby), Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867) p. 401.
PANTHERA SUMATRANA, Fitzin. Sitzgsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, (18 6 8 ) lviii. p. 491.
PANTHERA JAVANENSIS, id. ibid. p. 493.
PANTHERA NUDATA, id. ibid. p. 496.
PANTHERA SMITHII, id. ibid. p. 499.
PANTHERA ANGULIFERA, id. ibid. p. 500.
PANTHERA CHINENSIS, id. ibid. p. 509.
FELIS HERSCHELII, J. E. Gray, Cat. Carn. Pachyd. & Edent. Mamm. (1869) p. 28.
Hab. Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, China, vicinity of Canton.
G r e a t confusion has always existed respecting the small Spotted Cats found in some of the islands of the Eastern Archipelago
as well as on the continent of Asia; and this has been mainly caused, as it seems to me, either from the desire of naturalists
to recognize a number of species among them, or an unwillingness to believe that an animal inhabiting Sumatra, for instance,
can be specifically the same as one found amid the cold regions of North China. Since it has been proved, however, that
the Leopards and Tigers of Africa and India are of the same species as those dwelling in the far northern districts of the