LEPUS. 



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Horsfidd Cat. E. I. Mits., p.fi47; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 72; 

 Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p. 520; Zelebor Sdugeth. Novara Reise, p. 31 ; 

 Blyth Cat. no. 437, p, 132; Jerdon Mamm,, p. 225 ; McMaster Notes on 

 Jerdon, pp. 57) 66. 

 Lepus melanauchen, Temminck and Schlegel Faun. Jap. Mamm, Discour. 

 Prelim., p. xiii (1835)*. 



The Black-naped Hare; Malla, Canarese ; Sassa, Mahr. ; Musal, 

 Tamil; Kundeli, Tel.; Hava, Cingalese. 



Distribuiioti. — Southern India ; from the Taptee and Godavery 

 rivers southwards ; Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, and Mauritius where 

 perhaps introduced by human agency. 



a. Skin Bangalore Mus Coll., Jaffa. 



6. Skin $ Tenmalai, S. Arcotdist. Mus Coll., Jaffa. 



c. Skin South India Madras Mus. (1863). 



d. Skin Ceylon Columbo Mus. 



e. Skin Ceylon R. Templeton (1849), A.S.B. 

 f-g. 2 Skins, I skull ... No history. 



A. Stuffed Java Batavian Soc. (1844), A.S.B. 



j. Stuffed Mauritius Batavian Soc, (1844), A.S.B. 



Lepus peguensis. 



Lepus peguensis, Blyih J. A. S. B., xxiv, p. 471 (1855) ; id. Cat. no. 435, 

 p. 132 ; id. y. A. S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 43. 



Distrihuiion. — The open country of Upper Pegu in Burma. 



a. Skin, skull Upper Pegu Sir A. Phayre, A. S. B. 



[Type of Lepus peguensis, Biyth.] 



Lepus sinensis. 



Lepus sinensis, Gray Illustr. Ind. Zool., ii, pi. xx (1834) ; Waterhouse 

 Nat- Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 80 ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xxx, p. 90 ; id. Cat. no. 436, 

 p. 132 ; Swinhoe P. Z. S., 1862, p. 359 ; id. P. Z. S., 1870, p. 639. 



Distrilution. — China, from Peking to Canton and the Island of 

 Formosa. 



a-h. 2 Stuffed, Anioy, China R. Swinhoe (1861), A. S. B. 



I skull. 



Lepus hispidus. 



Lepus hispidus, Pearson Bengal Sporting Mag., p. 131 (1843)*; McClelland 

 P. Z. S., 1839, p. 152 ; Hodgson J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 572, pi. xiv ; Water- 

 house Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 78 ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 2nd ed,, p. 1 1 ; 

 Blyth Cat. no. 438, p. 133 ; jerdon Mamm., p. 226. 



Caprolagus hispidus, Blyth J. A. S. B., xiv, p. 247, with two plates (1845); 

 Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 148; Tytler Ann. Mag. N. //". (2), xiv, 

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