SCIENTIFIC RESULTS 
OF 
THE SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
MAMMALIA. 
By W. T. BLANEORD. 
T he f ... 
iv he in ^ no ^ es upon the specimens of mammalia collected by the late Dr. Stoliczka 
ghar 1 ^ ie mission sen t by the Government of India in 1873-74 to Kash- 
^°mc addif 6 COris ^ < T ere H as only a contribution to the zoology of the countries traversed, 
panied. a f 0 8 a 7 e Heen made from the collections obtained by Dr. Henderson, who accom- 
Hvdjca] Ofy^ 16 , 1 m '^ on to Yarkand, and by Dr. J. ScuDy, who visited Eastern Turkestan as 
Tadia i n ^ ?^ r ‘ Shaw, the Political Agent, despatched by the Government of 
a comi)l(t r^° ^ 1C Amir of Kashghar. It is, however, impossible to give any tiling 
Hven of Ladak ^ ^ m annnalia inhabiting Eastern Turkestan, the Pamir, and Wakhan. 
H‘avell erSj a uj ’ w Hicli is easy of access, and yearly traversed by English sportsmen and 
' )e Recessarv 1 Hirger animals are known, much additional information will probably 
^ ac t that, ai 6 ° re We obtain a complete acquaintance with the smaller forms. The 
a ^ouse, and ° mamma l s collected in Ladak by Dr. Stoliczka, four (a shrew, a vole, 
venders it p r , "V om ll s ) were previously unknown, and two others incorrectly identified, 
filers gi Te ] y . )a . J e That several more remain to he determined. The works of previous tra- 
ycai*s j proposed , ln H )<n ’foct information on the zoology of Ladak ; and Dr. Stoliczka, in former 
Hon which unf c a S en eral work on the animals and plants of Western Tibet, an inten- 
^advantage of°i Una ^ e ^Y be did not live to carry out. The present writer lies under the 
] Us tice to the im em ^ unac( piainted with the country; and it is almost impossible to do 
^habited bv tn H or tant questions of distribution and range without having visited the region 
1 ne fa una described. 
quin ^ of 
hag beey° Ue ° Us ’ ' las beconfe name ‘ ^ arkand,’ which really applies only to a city, for the whole of Eastern Turkestan, although 
citi ea 0 j p‘, a ^ e V° substitute 0 ° COUUnon llmon gst English writers, and in official reports, to he easily superseded. An attempt 
the Chj Vls kghar, Yarkand r ' ^^Sharia,’ but it bas not been successful. Tbe proper name of the region comprising the 
Su PPort 6Se ’ term • . °*‘ 6n > ^ £Sn ’ * c< ’ ' s Eastern Turkestan ; and as tbe country has now once more fallen into the hands of 
u ° eD 8>'aphi ca t e r 1D ® y e Turkestan ’ is again applicable. It is to he regretted that the name ‘ Yarkand Mission tends to 
0 B l ,e iling of ‘ Kashghar’ is doubtful ; it is sometimes spelt ‘ Kashkar ’ or ‘ Kashqar. 
