MAMMALIA. 
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16. C. (Ytjlpes) sp. 
There 
' without skull purchased at Kashghar. 
rest in b e i u „ e purchased, like the others, in the Kashghar bazar, which differs from all 
shown by the sm Gl an( ^ vei A muc h darker in colour. The difference in size is especially 
^e fnr, partly to th* c ^ ar ^ co ^ our i s due partly to the prevalence of black tips to 
fewer i n proport' 16 ai ^ un der-fur being more conspicuous, owing to the longer piles being 
^ ^ possible that it * ^ iav ^ TL 8' shorter tips. It is probable that this is a different fox, but 
iTl colour than o 1 l ^ raa ^ a young animal, for young foxes are sometimes much more dusky 
^toliczka at iha U , S ‘ ^ does uot agree with the description of V. ferrilatm 1 to which Dr. 
%ka at Xl aoes I10t agree with the descriptior 
The Sl "’, 11 thought it might be referred. 
hairs. pp (J Un ^ ei . C ? ° Ur lna y he described as rufous iron-grey, grizzled with white tips to the 
the extremities ■ tl" ^ 1S C ^ lls ^^ as hy- grey near the body, passing into chocolate-brown towards 
'Oxler-fu^ the t' ° longer hairs are more or less rufous, white beyond the ends of the woolly 
the back aml^l ^ ^arge proportion being black ; the upper surface of the head, middle 
rairs on the f ac * a J<Ul< a t° n g the tail are more rufous, there being comparatively few black 
' )f 'h>w the eye ^ e , Xc . e Pt hi a blackish patch on each side in front of the eye. The region 
e § 8 are blackish ra hms, and the upper lip is whitish. The exterior surface of the 
a °c light-bro ' 1 some rufous, and very short white tips to the hairs, the interior sur- 
ee t are rnuch^ 11 - "^ e ^ a * lvs below the feet and the tarsi are dull brown. The soles of the 
!'f a r the base < ?p ) eic< ^ hair as in V. flavescens. The ears are black outside except 
* le e Dd of + -, e . the tail is pale grey at the base, then tawny with black tips. 
In ti le aii 18 white. 
^ as ide of the t >res erving the skin, nearly all the hair has been removed from the 
V 
s ho 
fl av cscens all * f] )Ut 0n . e sma h tuft, which is black, remains in the middle of one ear. In 
m°w that the small i° ba * r * ns ^ e the ears is pale isabelline. This difference tends to 
l0U ( ' v er, to o.iy e a ( ar ^ s ^hi m ay belong to a distinct and undescribed species. It is useless, 
p The foxes of^y^ 10 a s ^ T1 ^ e hnpcrfect specimen. 
Cor sac. estem Turkestan, according to Severtzoff, are C. vulpes, C: melanotus, and 
Gsce ns be a n, Q «„ er ° n( '*ther of these has been found in Eastern Turkestan, unless C. Jla- 
mere 
variety of C. vulpes. 
! aee h'om U ^ bl f to refer this skin 
1 fla t skin 
(without skull 
Family— 1/ USTEIlDvE. 
17. Meies, sp. nov. 
or feet) purchased at Kashghar. 
Vv hite 
im ]\p 
tdzus, Jf 
to any known species. It differs in the colouration of the 
li , J tUark down tl * • Canescens > 2 leucura, 3 and M. leptorhynchus ,* in all of wlrich the 
a 1 Portion of the f ° m ' l ^ e °t the face extends to the nape, whereas in the Kashghar skin the 
1 J. ^ g ^ ^ aTiriir^+:l\r it\ fvnnl nf IIia aqtq Tt, rlifFpvc: fvnm ~M fin.flhllWAt' 
AI 
terminates abruptly in front of the ears. It differs from M. anahma 5 
• Alst Blai “ f '’ Astern P P ’ 278- 
:i 2k.J S-> 1877 n o- 1 )" A" t’t HI. The distinction of this species from M. taxus is shown to be doubtful by 
ea lev cur a , 4l ' 
’ Siiln’j.l 8 , 69, P‘ 126. ° SS ’’ J ' A ' S ' B -> 1847, xvi, p. 763, PI. XXIX, XXX, XXXI : Meies Imcurus, Gray, Cat. Carn. &c. 
d Ja P°n., Mam., p. 30, PI. VI. 
1 i- 
« g ., Fauna- r, P ° lU ' S6rvir h 1,Histoire Xaturelle des Mammiferes, p. 190, PI. XXV. 
