he . ^ ^ MAMMALIA. 17 
outer inciso^ ^ en o^ 1 18 equal to that of the outer incisor and canine together, 
s 'v eiy small ; less than the canine. 1 All the teeth are white. 
Le ngth of skull Met ’ Inoh ' 
Do. , 0-74 
BrpnafK°V XJn ^ P a ^ a ^ e in front of posterior nares 
Leno-fV. c wkere broadest near occiput 
length of mandible 
•008 
•008 
•009 
0-32 
0-34 
0-38 
Tile above d<T ° • m f n<ll ^ e ( ineis °rs not included) 
was obtained at Do] * l ^ 10n * 8 ^ a ^ en from the only specimen in the collection, a female. It 
Pital suture has ® J 1 9th September, and appears fairly adult, though the basi-occi- 
allied to $. quI, > * | sa PP oare d. All the teeth are fully grown. The species appears nearly 
and is said to hav^* aedtn of ^Uas, 3 but that is differently coloured (dusky ash), larger, 
. Llilppi s from G 'tl Ver ^ Sma ^ ears - Another closely affined form is S. fumigatm of Do 
ls Proportionate! 01 ' 6m ^ >ers * a » Lut that is dark lead colour above, ashy beneath. The tail 
,llTl acquainted helo 111 ^ S ^ 0r ^ er * n myoides than in any Himalayan species with which I 
A species f , U ® m ^ t ,rue Grocidura , or than in the Tenasserim S. fuliginosus .* 
doscriLed. ° S ew Was observed near Lake Lob by Prejevalsld, but it has not yet been 
Order CARNIVORA. 
Family — FELLDJE. 
t ■ 9. Felis catus. 
Taw ', y ?’ 7 Nat ' 5 Ed ‘ Xiij 1 766 > 1 P- 62 - 
A skin of?"'! ^ nild ° £ Ydrkand ( Scull y)- 
very We p° * 'vu ^ w ^ lou t the skull, brought by Dr. Scully from Eastern Turkestan, 
j^®tead of heino- . '! • ! the common wild cat of Europe, except that the tail tapers 
ai an 'l legs cn^° y 1U , * cad ’ an d that the dark marks are rather indistinct. The bars on the 
° COlTes P°nd with those of F catus. 
W. ni 10, ^elis shawiana. Pis. Ib. Ic. 
* sp. Tear p A ' B ” l876 > xW > Pfc ‘ P- 49 ‘ 
Molun rp, . ;<*”"»*«* ( ? Chans caudatus, Gray.) W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 106. 
*», Turk, of Yarkand. 
, J f i 
" ! ^‘ 0 ' ni 'ttcul a t a eS j) Cain ma 9 n itudine super ans, ad E. chaus proxime accedens ; griseo-fulva , 
a picetn vermis^ 8 a ^ ue macu ^ s nigids majoribus ornata ; cauda breviusculd, 
j. ere molli , basii ’ ne ° ™ l f ra ’ n 'k) r() -t r ansfasciata, cranio elongate , ei E. viverrin ss simili, 
Pedali, caudee 7 J >ersws l )<J Uide purpurascenti-griseo : longitudine (sc. penis') sine caudd 
o une., cranii 4-25. 
AlUono st n W ' th0Ut SkuU ° r feet > Purchased in Yarkand. 
°i a cat. Altl^ CC ^° nS ma< ^ e Ly Dr. Stoliczka in Eastern Turkestan, was an imperfect 
ere lv as a bare n ^ bought it pi'obable that it belonged to an undescribed form, 
1 gr 1 dily that it might be a specimen of a species inhabiting Western 
2 Zoor^ ,^ 0SC '> xli, pp 70 ne ^ accoi 'dance with the determinations by Brandt, Zool. Record, 1866, p. 26, and Bull. Soc. Hist, 
a , »• Ros. As ; , 
J- A. S. xxiT^p^g Q 2 379 ’ ^° te 4l un Vbiggio in Persia, p. 343. 
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