[Illustration: TIGER-HUNTING IN THE INDO-CHINESE PENINSULA.] Among the Felidæ of the Old World peculiar to Tropical Asia, I must cite the _Reinaoudahan_, distinguished by his woolly and tufted tail, from whence he has received the name of the "Fox-tailed Tiger," and the _Guépard_, or "Maned Leopard," "Hunting Leopard," and "Cheetah." I am inclined to believe that these two varieties really signify one animal; the _Gueparda jubata_ of naturalists. "Intermediate in size and shape between the leopard and the hound," says Burnett, "he is slenderer in his body, more elevated on his legs, and less flattened on the fore part of his head than the former, while he is deficient in the peculiarly graceful form, both of head and body, which characterizes the latter. His tail is entirely that of a rat; and his limbs, although more elongated than in any other species of that group, seem to be better fitted for strong muscular exertion than for active and long-continued speed." His anatomical structure and general habits are those of the Felidæ, but the fur is crisper. The general ground-colour is a bright yellowish-brown above, lighter on the sides, and nearly white beneath. On the back, sides, and limbs he is marked with numerous black spots, which on the tail are so closely set together that they appear like rings. The cheetah is easily tamed, and trained to the chase; for which purpose, like our staghounds, he is bred and employed in Persia and India. * * * * * The other families of digitigrade Carnivora, Dogs, Hyænas, Viverras (_Viverra_, Civet), Mustelidæ (_Mustela_, Weasel), are largely represented in the prairies and jungles of the tropical regions of the Old World. Wild dogs, with straight ears, a pendant tail, scanty bristling hair, thin flanks, wander in numerous troops over the plains of Southern Africa, living, like the wolf or the hyæna, by hunting the small quadrupeds and devouring the remains of carcasses abandoned by the greater Carnivora. The jackals, and even the hyænas, range far beyond the limits of the Desert. At the Cape exists a larger and more ferocious species of hyæna than that of the Sahara, from which it differs externally, its skin being marked with spots instead of stripes. Moreover, the disproportion in the height of the fore and hind legs is more marked in this animal than in his North African congener.