NOTES ON GAME ANIMALS NEAR GYANTSE, 1029 



FELLS UNIGA. Snow Leopard. Tib.—" Sa." 



The snow leopard occurs near Gyantse but is rare. 1 have not 

 heard of it in the Chumbi Valley. On 21st June 1908 I obtained 

 a litter of three young ones which must have been born about a 

 week previously. 



CANIS LUPUS. The Wolf. Tib.—" Changu." 



These are not uncommon in this part of Tibet, but are not seen 

 much on the main roads. A female measured 544" i n length 

 from nose to tip of tail and 26" in height at the shoulder. I kept 

 young ones, but they were always wild and timid. On one occa- 

 sion a six months' old cub escaped, and after chasing it for four 

 miles on horseback, I gave up all hope of recapturing it. I was 

 much surprised to find that it had returned of its own accord 

 during the night, and was waiting to be fed at the usual hour in 

 the morning. I once shot a black wolf in Western Tibet, where 

 they are commoner than in other parts of the country. I have 

 seen three black ones together and one black one in the company 

 of three ordinary wolves. I once tried to course a wolf with three 

 greyhounds. The wolf showed no fear and the hounds would not 

 tackle him when they had caught him up. 



VULPES WADDELLI. Tib.—" Wamo." 



This fox is not uncommon in the scrub round Gyantse, and I 

 have also found it on bare plains at a height of 15,000 feet. A 

 vixen measured 42" from nose to tip of tail and 15^" in height at 

 the shoulder. I have killed these with greyhounds. 



VULPES FERBILATUS. The small Tibetan Fox. Tib.— 

 ■'Leclzey 



I have never seen this fox below 14,000 feet, at which elevation 

 1 have occasionally seen it at Phari. I once shot one that had just 

 killed a mouse hare (Lagomys). 



LEPUS OIOSTOLUS. The Wooly Hare. Tib.—" Regong." 



This hare is very common in this part of Tibet, where it is 

 found on the hills around Gyantse and also in the thorny scrub in 

 the river bed. It is also common on the slopes of Chumolhari on 

 the Tangla, but does not occur in the Chumbi Valley. I used to 

 course these hares, but it was difficult to find them on level ground 

 and in hills the gre}diound had no chance. 

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