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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



RODENTIA. 



Arctomys caudatus. 

 A. himalayanns. 

 Mus sublimis. 

 Arvicola blythi. 



Arvicola stoliczhanus. 

 Lepus tibetcmus. 

 L. hypsibius. 

 Lagomys ladacensis. 



Lagomys auritus. 

 Ungulata. 



Eqtms hemionus. 

 Bos grunniens. 



Ovis hodgsoni, (0. ammon, auct., nee Linn.) 

 1 



Ovis nahara. 

 Copra sibirica. 

 Pantholops hodgsoni. 

 Gazella picticaudata. 



0. vignei. 



The isabelline bear, stag, and a few other animals, which inhabit Kashmir, occasionally- 

 cross the mountains into Ladak, and may be found in Dras and Zanskar, but they are not 

 permanent inhabitants of the Tibetan region, and cannot be included in the fauna. The 

 musk deer may be Tibetan, and Mr. Lydekker a is inclined to think it is so, as he has seen 

 skins said to have been procured in Ladak, and the animal has a Tibetan name ; but I have 

 been unable to find that any one has actually seen the species wild in Tibet. 



For comparison with the Western Tibetan fauna, the following list of the mammals, 

 hitherto recorded as found in Eastern Tibet, 3 may be useful. I carefully exclude the numerous 

 species mentioned by Hodgson, Blyth, and Pere David, which are palpably forest forms, 

 inhabiting comparatively low elevations (below 10,000 feet above the sea). These species 

 come from the portions of Eastern Tibet which are south of the main Himalayan range, and 

 which enjoy a damp climate. 



Carnivora. 



Felis nncia. 

 F. mamd. 



F. isabcllina. 

 Canis lamger. 

 C. (Cuou) alpinus. 

 C. (Vulpes) flavescens. 



Arctomys himalayanus, [A. robustiis). 

 Sciurus europceus ? 

 Lepus pallipes. 



RODENTIA. 



Canis (Vulpes) f err Hat us. 

 Martes toufcea. 

 Mustela erminea. 

 M. temon. 



Putorius larvatus, [P. eversmanni, teste Gray). 

 Ursus pruinosus. 



lepus oiostolus (perhaps the same as L. pallipes). 

 Lagomys curzonice. 



L. tibetanus (perhaps the same as the last) . 



Ungulata. 



Equus Jiemionus. 0. nalmra. 



Bos grunniens. Capra sibirica. 



Ovis hodgsoni. Fantliolops hodgsoni. 



Gazella picticaudata. 



Perhaps Budorcas taxicolor, Moschus moschiferus, and Cervus affinis should be added, but I 

 have grave doubts whether any of them are found on the Tibetan plateau. 



1 Another large sheep, 0. brookei, described P. Z. S., 1874, p. 143, is founded on a skull supposed by its describer, Mr. E. 

 Ward, to have been brought from Leh in Ladak ; but no additional specimens have been obtained to confirm the locality. 



2 J. A. S. B., 1877, xlvi, Pt. 2, p. 288. 



3 My principal authorities for this list are Blyth's Catalogue of Mammals in the Museum, Asiatic Society; Jerdon's Mammals 

 of India; the Catalogues of Hodgson's Mammals presented to the British Museum; and Pere David's List of Eastern Tibetan and 

 Chinese Mammalia in the Nouvelles Archives du Museum, Vol. vii, Bulletin p. 91. For some remarks on these authorities and on 

 the Tibetan mammalian fauna, see P. Z. S., 1876, p. 631. 



