, MAMMALIA. • 23 
Published i n 1309 Dr p 
a specimen ’ way gave the Punjab Salt Range as the locality, on the authority of 
Sa Oie as jr by Dr. Oldham. If this he right, the true V. fiavescens may he the 
b^t subsequent! ^ * 'ormerly identified 1 2 by its describer, Mr. Blyth, with V. fiavescens, 
be purchased s^ C ? nsx< ^ ere( t distinct. Dr. Leith Adams, however, identified a fox, of which 
bb'itish Museum^ p lm - e:iS ^eh, with V. fiavescens, and as his skins were compared at the 
little question that 1 * bb'ntification is in all probability correct, whilst there can be but 
as those obtained ^ ^ ^ 1C ^° X s ^' ns usually brought for sale at Leh belong to the same species 
The most ^ "• ’ ®toliczka. The identification is, I admit, by no means perfect. 
montana, of 1 ^ UTien ^ distinction between the foxes of Eastern Turkestan and the true 
the former i 6 Himalaya appears to be in the size of the teeth. As a rule, the skulls 
J ri lueasurem • t ai » er ’ but one skull of V. montana in the Indian Museum scarcely differs 
'Uches long frorn | oni that of the Maralbashi specimen of V. fiavescens. The -former is 5*6 
|be zygomatic 16 ° Ceipital pb |n< ‘ to the end of the premaxillaries, by 2‘95 broad across 
ln S are the f r ° ail< ^ tbe lower jaw measures 4‘35 from angle to symphysis. The follow- 
*b<i two skulls U _^ lls ^ ons ’ l n parts of an inch, of the three hindmost teeth of the upper jaw in 
V. fiavescens. 
V. montana. 
P- m. 1 
m. l 
m. 2 
Th 
AH 
°re is 
Length, 
Breadth, 
Length. 
Breadth. 
0-62 
032 
0-53 
0-27 
0-43 
0-55 
0-37 
0'45 
0-25 
0-4 
0-22 
0-31 
■ ome \ariation, but the difference is considerable in all the skulls I have 
the 
I 
toes, althou: 
«, os i d , 3 ®“ fox ' 0 ompa ..„ 0 
orsely in „„„ " aur erenco in the teeth. In V. vulgaris the last molar is much shorter 
Co «imon 
Notice 
h differing considerably in colour, are near allies of 
Comparing the MaralMshi skull with that of V. vulgaris, 
tr ausv Uoci ^ _ „ . w _ 
a straiol ,t to its length from front to back of the jaw ; the hinder 
, ULT< A too, i s whilst in the Yarkand skull it is concave 
h °wever i der than it 
specific cham^+ J< llt vaiaa tion amongst the 
margin is 
The audii Av! 8 i Ca ?, ke ni ade to depend upon them alone 
a ° s t srm,u__ . ^ a ‘ °t the Yarkand skull are larger 
The penultimate molar in the 
is in any of the European skulls I have examined. There is, 
teeth of these skulls to render it doubtful how far 
s Pecimen 8 of 
Amc 
than in V. vulgaris, or than in 
lit ' utl °Ugst the l, • mon ^ ana from the Himalayas, 
tint ^ r *' Bl yth’s S s S .° btaine d fr° m Eastern Turkestan and Ladak, some are pate rufous, 
s owing t 0 tp S t K ' ( ' lmen , whilst in others there is an admixture of greyish and blackish 
indivi d ;r aW ° f black tips on the hairs. The latter, which are probably 
in Ui ext ernal su f 3 a PP roac b V. montana in colouration. The difference is most marked 
°f f? ' kers they are aCe bb e fimbs, which are pure bright rufous in some animals, whilst 
CQ i le fo re-leg. dar ^ rufous grey with a blackish margin to the white inner portion 
, 0] ;;^ the woolk Uri Aer-fur in all these foxes, V. fiavescens or V. montana, is similarly 
Cr i 0 ni 8 >bowe y kaks being purplish-grey with, on the back, bright rufous tips. The 
s Sloped eV f X ’ barker in V. montana, and, owing to the tips of the longer hairs being 
’ he colour of the under-fur shows 
more. 
1 J. A. S, B., xxiii, 1854, p. 729. 
2 J. A. S. B., xxii, 1853, p. 581. 
