[Aztlan] "Tiger Cat"

[Jules Siegel]

Meryl Green wrote:

 > "Mr. Fric( also brought home a type hitherto unknown, of much smaller 
circumference and having the claws of the tiger cat, jaguarita, 
instead." (p393)

Maybe it was a margay, Felis (Leopardus) wiedi Schinz: "Sometimes called 
the long-tailed spotted cat, the name margay is an anglicised version of 
“marguey” which translates as “tiger cat”. It is also referred to as the 
little or tree ocelot." http://members.aol.com/cattrust/margay.htm


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