ARCTOMYS. 43 



Arctomys caudatus. 



Arctomys caudatus, Is. Geoff. St. Nil. Jacquemont Voyage, Zool., p. 66, 

 pi. V (1844) ; Wagner Hugel's Kaschmir, iv, p. 573; Blanford J. A. 

 S. ^., xliv, p. 122; id. Yarkand Manifn., p. 37, pis. xiii, xiiia ; Lydekker 

 J. A. S. B., xlix, p. 7 ; Scully P. Z. S., 1881, p. 204; id. Ann. Mag. 

 N. H. (5), viii, p. 98. 



Arctomys bobac, apud Adams, P. Z. S., p. 521 (1858) ; Blyth Cat, no. 348, 

 p. 108; Jerdon Mamm., p. 182. 



Arctomys tibetana, apitd Falconer Palceont. Memoirs, i, p. 583 (1868). 



Arctomys hemachelana, apud Anderson, P. Z S , p. 561 {1871). 



The Red Marmot ; Drowne or Dritn of Kashmir ; Pya of Ladak, 

 Distribution. — The north-western parts of Kashmir in the Deosai. 

 Dras, and Astor districts. 



a. Skin, skull ? Matayon, Zogi-la Pass, G. Henderson. f 



nr. Dras, Kashmir, 

 20-6-70. 



b. Skin, skull ? Donkun, Astor distr., J. Scully. 



Kashmir, 11,000 ft., 

 20-5-80. 



c. Skin juv. Deosai plain, N. W. J. Scully. 



Kashmir, 12,000 ft. 

 7-80. [J. Biddulph.] 

 d-h. 5 Skins Kashmir J. E. T. Aitchison. 



j. Skin T. C. Jerdon. 



k. Skull T. Brownlow, A. S. B. 



Arctomys aureus. 



Arctomys aureus, Blanford J. A. S. B., xliv, pp. 106, 123 ; id. Yarkand 



Mamm., p. 33, pis. xi, xifl. 

 ? ArctoxDys ca.udsit\is, apud Severizoff Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), xviii, p. 50 



(1876). 



Distribution. — The Pamir and country between the Pamir and 

 Yarkand. 



a. Skin, skull Kaskasu Pass, between F. Stoliczka. 

 Pamir and Yarkand, 

 13,000 ft., 15-5-74- 

 [Type of A. aureus, Blanford.] 



b-c. 2 Skins Kaskasu Pass, between F. Stoliczka. 



Pamir and Yarkand, 



13,000 ft., I5-S-74- 

 d. Skin, skull Little Pamir, 13,000 ii., G. M. Giles. 



5-86. 

 e-f, 2 Skulls Kaskasu Pass. F, Stoliczka. 



Arctomys dichrous. 



derson Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), 

 579, pi. xxxi ; Blanford Ya; 



t See Henderson and Hume, Lahoie to Yarkand, p, 83, 



Arctomys dichrous, Anderson Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), xvi, p. 283 (1875) ; id. 

 J. Linn. Soc, xii, p. 579, pi. xxxi ; Blanford Yarkand Mammals, p. 36 ; 



