no 



MAMMALIA. 



patch at the back of the neck ; the anterior palatine 

 foramen not divided as above. 



L. rufescens, p. m. 



b^. Fur grayish ; skull not contracted between the orbits, but 

 with a pair of foramina at the narrowest point at the 

 anterior ends of the frontal bones ; the anterior palatine 

 foramen not divided. . L. macrotis, p. no. 



a^. Smaller, generally under 7 inches in length ; fur very long, 

 soft, and rufous ; skull broad between the orbits ; and the 

 anterior palatine foramen not divided. L. roylei, p. ii2- 



Lagomys ladacensis. 



Lagotnys curzoniae, apud Stoliczka y. A. S. B., xxxiv, p. 108 (1865) \ Ander- 

 son P. Z. S., 1871, p. 562. 



Lagomys ladacensis, Giintker Ann. Mag. N. H. (4),xvi, p. 231 (187s); 

 Blanford J. A. S. B., xliv, p. iio; id. Yarkand Mammals, p. 71, pi. vi 

 fig .i, pi. vii, fig. 2, pi. viia, fig. i. 



Distribution. — The higher regions of Eastern Ladakfrom 15,000 

 feet to 19,000 feet. 



Lagomys macrotis. 



Lagomys macrotis, Giintker Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), xvi, p. 231 (Sept. 1875); 



Blanford Yarkand Mammals , p. 75 ; Scully Ann. Mag, N. H. (s), viii, p. 



100 ; id. P. Z. S., 1881, p. 207. 

 Lagomys auritus, Blanford f.A.S. B,, xliv, p ill (Oct. 1875) ; id. J. A. S. 



B., xlvi, p. 336 ; id. Yarkand Mammals, p. 74, pi. vi, fig. 2, pi. viia, fig. 2. 

 Lagomys griseos, Blanford f. A. S. B., xlfv, p. 1 1 1 (Oct. 1875) ; id. Yarkand 



Mammals, p. 77, pi. vii, fig. I, pi. viia, fig. 3. 



