Ml'KID.E. — CHINCHILLA. 203 



The Calling Hake. Lagomys pusillus. 



Lepus pusillus, Pallas, Nov. Spec. Glir. p. 37. tab. 4a. fig. 4 (skull), 

 fig;. 5 (skeleton), 1778. 



*a. Skull. Siberia. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



The IIeddish Sulgan. Lagomys rufescens. 



a, b. *Skulls. India, ltocky Hills, Cabul. Presented by the Hon. 

 East India Company. 



The Indian Sulgan. Lagomys nipalensis. 



a. Skull (in a bad state).! Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, 



b. Skull. J Esq. 



LAGIDIUM. 



Teeth : — Incisors j^ ; Molars ^ ; = 20. 



Cuvier's Lagotis. Lagidium peruvianum. 



Lagotis cuvieri, Bennett, Trans. Zool. Soc. i. p. 35. pi. 4 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 2 



Caudal 24 (imperfect). 



*a. Skull. Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 

 *b. Skull (imperfect). Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 

 c. Skeleton. From the Zoological Society's Collection. — The original 

 specimen figured by Mr. Bennett. 



The Pale-footed Chinchilla. Lagidium pallipes. 



*«. Skull. 



CHINCHILLA. 



Teeth: — Incisors^; Molars ^; = 20. 



The Chinchilla. Chinchilla laniger. 



Gray, Spied. Zool. iv. tab. 2. — Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mannn. ii. 

 p. 236. pi. 10*. fi<j. \a (first and second upper molars). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



