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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



The following dimensions were marked by Dr. Stoliczka on one of the labels, and were 



doubtless taken on the fresh animal : — inches. 



Length of head and body ......... 17'5 1 



Do. of tail 4 2 



Do. of head from snout to occiput ....... 4'2 



Do. do. do. to eye ........ 2 - 2 



Do. of ear from front base ......... 5 



Greatest width of ditto . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 75 



Fore-foot 2-6 



Hind-foot . . . 5 -3 



The skins measure about 18 inches from nose to rump, tail with hair 4, ears from head 

 between the ears 4*5, from orifice 3'6, tarsus to end of claws 4*8 to 5. 

 The following are the dimensions of a skull (PI. Va, fig. 1) : — 





Metre. 



Inches. 



Lengtb of skull from occiput to front of incisors 



. -089 



3-5 



Greatest breadth across zygomatic arches .... 



. -U41 



1-6 



Width between orbits ....... 



. -026 



1-03 



Length of nasal bones ....... 



. -038 



1-51 



Breadth of do. behind ...... 



. -018 



0*75 



Do. do. in front 



. -013 



0-5 



From the base of the hinder upper incisor to foremost molar 



. -026 



1-05 



Length of the six molars taken together .... 



. -016 



0-65 



Do. of palate behind palatal opening 



. -007 



0-25 



Breadth of do. between 3rd pair of molars 



. -012 



0-46 



Length of lower jaw from angle to symphysis . 



. -059 



2-31 



The skull very much resembles that of L. tibetanus ; the nasal bones have the same 

 form, but the skull is larger in all its dimensions ; the posterior portion of the frontal bones 

 is more convex, and the breadth of the cranium behind the postorbital processes greater. The 

 external colouration and fur are very different and are nearer to those of L. yarkandensis. 

 L. pamirensis is distinguished from that species by the black upper portion of the tail, by the 

 grey rump, and by the admixture of longer piles, black at the end, on the back. The present 

 species is also larger, though still inferior in size to L. tolai, from which it is distinguished, 

 moreover, by its longer ears. Dr. G iinther especially notices the " extraordinarily dense and 

 comparatively long and stiff fur" on the front part of the ears in this species, and the dense - 

 ness of the short, stiff fur on the back. 



L. pamirensis is very possibly peculiar to the high Pamir plateau. It has some resem- 

 blance to L. biddulphi, the Gilgit species. 



45. Leptjs stoliczkantjs. PI. V, fig. 2 ; PI. Va, fig. 2. 



W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 110. 



L. pracedenti peraffinis, arenario-fulvus, differt tantum auriculis multo longioribus, 

 vellere dorsali nigro lavato. Long, corii desiccati a rostro ad basin cauda? 17 5, caudce 



1 The number on the label appears to be 11'5, but this is palpably not intended. 



2 Probably the hair at the end is included. 



