388 SCITJBID.5;. 



Habits. This is said to be chiefly a ground squirrel, and Blyth 

 doubts if it ever ascends trees. Probably, however, its habits are 

 not unlike those of S. ^xdmanim. It is said to be found about 

 cultivation. 



Subfamily ARCTOMYINtE. 



The marmots, of which this subfamily is composed, are Pala-arctic 

 and Nearctic, and com])rise three genera, Arctomys, Sjiermophilus, 

 and Cynomys. Only tlie first of these, distinguished from the 

 others by the \^aut of cheek-pouches, is represented in the 

 Himalayas within our limits. All the members of this 8i;bfamily 

 are burrowers, and live in holes in the ground. 8ome inhabit 

 mountains, others open plains. 



Genus ARCTOMYS, Schreber (1792). 



Form stout, tail short or moderate, ears very small. Thumb 

 rudimentary. 



Dentition: i. 1, pm. ^^^^ m. -~^' as in Schn'Ks. Incisors not 



2 '- 1 — 1' 3— ' 



compressed. Anterior upper premolar larger than in squirrels, but 

 still much smaller than the second ; molars broad. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



Tail less than ^ head aud body ; colour greyish. A. Ju'nuilayanus, p. 388. 

 Tail about 3 head and body ; colour greyish . . A. hodgsoni, p. 389. 

 Tail fully .V head and body ; colour yellow . . A. candatus, p. 390. 



259. Arctomys himalayaniis. Thi' Tibet Marmot. 



Arctomys himalayanus, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. x, p. 777, plate (1841), 

 xi, p. 287; ("imtius tibetensis hodie'') xii, p. 409; Bhniford, 

 J. A. S. B. xliv, pt. 2, p. 121 ; id. Yarhand Miss., Mam. p. 36, 

 pis. xii, xii a ; LgdeJch'r, J. A. S. B. xlix, pt. 2, p. 7 ; Bi'ichncr, Prze- 

 iralski Beis., Siiiigetli. p. 2.'5. 



Arctomys bobac, Gray, List Ma»i. B. M. 1843, p. 148, partim; 

 Blyth, Cat. p. 108,paitim ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 181, partim ; Stoliczha, 

 J. A. 8. B. xxxiv, p. Ill ; Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 5C0. 



Arctomys tibetanus, Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. '521. 

 Brin, Kashmir ; lyif, Niti ; Kadia-pin, Phya, Tibetan ; Chihi, Bhotia 

 of Sikliim. 



Tail al)out I the length of the head and body. Six pairs of 

 mamma>, extending from the axil to the groin. 



Colour of body and limbs ])ale tawny, much mixed with black on 

 the upper parts ; basal half of fur (basal third on belly) dark brown, 

 terminal half pale fulvous, with black tips on the upper parts ; 

 face and terminal third of tail dark browii ; cheeks sonu.'times 

 rufescent. 



