MAMMALIA. 



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HIi — Kuenlun- — Prom the Kuenlun ranges, including all the mountainous region north 

 of the Karakoram pass and Upper Yarkand river, and intervening between the Mastagh 

 range (usually marked on maps as the Karakoram range) and the plains of Yarkand, I find 

 only the following species recorded 1 : — 



Mustela temon ? 

 Ardomys himalayanus. 

 Arvicola stoliczkanus. 

 NesoMa scullyi. 

 Lepus pallipes ? var. 

 Lagomys griseus. 



Lagomys macrotis. 



Equns hemionus. 



Bos (Poephagus) grunniens. 



Ovis naJmra. 



Capra sibirica. 



Pantholops liodgsoni. 



On the Altyn-tagh, a lofty range of mountains discovered by Colonel Prejevalski just 

 south of Lob-nor, but believed to be continuous with the Kuenlun ranges, the following 

 animals were observed by that traveller. (Petermann's Mitth. Erghft., No. 53, p. 17 ; 

 Prom Kulja, &c, p. 84.) The names are those given by Colonel Prejevalski, except those 

 between parentheses : — 



Felis irbis (F. uncia), very rare. 

 Mustela intermedia (? Maries leucolac/mcea), rare. 

 Canis lupus ~\ 

 Canis clianho ? > rather rare. 



Canis vulpes (? V. flavescens) ) 

 Lepus sp. (? L. pallipes), common in ravines. 

 Meriones sp. (? Gerbillus cryptorhinus,) rare, in 

 the ravines. 



Camelus bactrianus,ferus, roaming- about, rarely 



inside the mountains. 

 Ovis polii, rare. 



Fseudois nahoor (Ovis nahura) common. 

 Poephagus grunniens, ferus, rare. 

 Asimis hiang (Eqiius hemionus) , rare. 

 Sus scrqfa, ferns, rare, in the ravines. 



IV- — Eastern Turkestan. — The following is the list of animals known to be found in 



the plains of Yarkand and Kashghar : — 



Vesperugo pipistrellus . 

 V. borealis. 



Chieoptera. 



Vesperugo discolor. 

 Synotns darjilingensis. 



Felis tigris. 

 F. shawiana. 

 F. calus, var. 



Cricetus {Cricetuli.s) fulvus. 

 Mus pachycercus. 

 Mus erythronotus. 



Equus hemionus ? 

 Sus scrofa ? 



Insectivoka. 

 Erinaceus albulus. 

 Carnivora. 



KODENTIA. 



Ungulata. 



Canis lupus. 



C. {Vulpes) flavescens. 



Mustela stoliczhana. 



Gerb i llus cryp torhinus . 

 Bipus lagopus. 

 Lepus yarkandcusis. 



Gazella subgutturosa, var. yarhaudensis . 

 Cervus, sp. ? 



1 I include animals observed in the valley of the Karakash and that of the upper portion of the Yarkand river. My author- 

 ities are Shaw, Hayvvard, aud Henderson, besides Dr. Stoliczka's notes and collections. 



