MAMMALIA. 



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Insectivora. 

 Sorex (Pachyura) sp. 

 Caenivora. 



Canis {Vulpes) montanus. 

 Mnstela subhemachelana. 

 Martes flavigula. 

 Lutra, sp. 

 Ursus isabellinus, 

 U. torquatus (U. tibetanus). 



Mus //omourus. 

 Arvieola roylei. 

 Lagomys roylei. 



NemorJi edits biibalinus. 

 N. goral. 



MoscJms moscliiferus. 

 Cervus cashmiriamis. 



Felts par dm. 



F. (a small species, perhaps F. bengalensis). 

 Herpestes nipalensis. 

 H. griseus. 

 Canis aureus. 

 C. (Cuon) rutilans ? 



RODENTIA. 



Pteromys inomatus. 

 Sciuropterus fimbriatus. 

 Nesokia bar clay ana. 

 Mus bactrianus (M. theobaldi) . 



Ungulata. 



Sus, sp. 

 Copra sibirica. 

 C. falconeri (C. megaceros). 

 Hemitragus jemlaims . 



Arctomys caudatus is found on the Kashmir side of the Zanskar range, and Lepus ruficauda- 

 tus is said to have occurred north of the Pir Panjal, but neither can be fairly included in 

 the Kashmir fauna. Capra sibirica, too, is confined to the ranges north of the valley. 



The fauna, it will be seen, is Himalayan, with an admixture of palsearctic and of a few 

 truly Indian species, such as Herpestes griseus. 



II. Western Tibet, Or Ladak — This includes the valley of the Upper Indus east of 

 Skardo, so far as the country belongs to Kashmir. It is an open question whether the fauna 

 of Gilgit should be included in that of Western Tibet. There are several differences, and 

 the occurrence of two species of Cricetus 1 in Gilgit shews a much closer connexion with the 

 Central Asiatic fauna of Turkestan than is exhibited by the types of the Upper Indus valley 

 It appears, on the whole, best to omit the Gilgit forms, and with them to exclude Capra. 

 falconeri, an Afghan and Pir Panjal goat found in Gilgit and Skardo. With these omissions 

 the following is the list of mammals known to exist in Ladak 2 : — 



Chlroptera. 

 Plecotus auritus. 

 Insectivora. 

 Sorex (Crocidura) myoides. 

 Carnivora. 



Felis uncia. 

 F. isabellina, 

 Canis laniger. 



C. niger 3 (perhaps only a melanoid variety of 

 the preceding). 



Cams [Cuon) alpinus. 

 C. ( Vulpes) fiavescens. 

 Mustela erminea. 



M. y sp. (a small species of a brown colour) . 

 Lutra, sp. 



1 Recently procured by Captain Biddulph. 



2 I am indebted to Dr. H. Cayley, who was for a long time British Resident in Ladak, for correetions in the following list, and 

 tor some additions to it. Martes tovfcea should probably be added, see p. 30. 



3 P. Z. S., 1874, p. 654, pi. LXXVIII. 



