Felis Tigrina Margay

by Joseph Wolf

$2,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A very fine image from 'the best animal painter who ever lived' Sir Edwin Landseer . A Central and South American cat, ranging from Mexico to Argentina, the Margay is similar in coloring and marking to the Ocelot, but is smaller. Elliott mis-identified this cat as Felis Tigrina, another South American cat. It is sometimes called the Tree Ocelot, they are agile in the forest canopy and sometimes spend their lives there. One of the most striking images from Elliot's

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