A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.184

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⁵²⁹ Often translated as panther. Cf. Su.Sū.46.72. Cakra calls the animal dvīpi, not dvīpin. Cakra and Dalhaṇa give citravyāghra as a synonym. See on Panthera pardus (Linnaeus), the leopard or panther, and its Indian subspecies: S.H. Prater (1971): 68–69 and WIRM VI, 68–69; on Panthera uncia (Schreber), the snow leopard or ounce: S.H. Prater (1971): 69–70, R.E. Hawkins (1986): 515–516, and WIRM VI, 69–70; on Neofelis nebulosa macrosceloides (Hodgson), the clouded leopard: S.H. Prater (1971): 70–71 and WIRM VI, 70. See also F. Finn (1929): 82–88. The cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus venaticus (Griffith) is extinct now in India (see S.H. Prater, 1971: 80–81; WIRM VI, 70). See on panther, leopard and cheetah: E. Balfour (1967): I, 669, 1082–1084, II, 700–701; F. Finn (1929): 96–98; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 98, 103–104, 354–355; G.P. Sanderson (1983): 327–332; G. Watt VI, part IV: 49, 51, 52.