From a drawing in 'Great African Travellers, from Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley', William Kingston, 1890. There was no caption, but since the text was about crossing Africa, I assumed it must be an African cat. The ear tufts suggest a caracal.
Caracal free icon was designed by Firkin for icons Png and presented to its users.
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12/9/2017