MAMMALIA. 
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The 
'T s ; the vvooljy '’"’I" ^ skin, are brown, the long hairs being pale towards the 
p9»tc]l ai ' ^ Gl - till is white nt the haae. VwVh tmurn Inwnwla flit* on rl c Tlio rmlvorl 
Patch 
h( ‘l°vv ; above it is 1 ] 2- ^ Be * ween Hie nostrils, is produced into an obtuse point in the middle 
Leno-th of ler 111 ^ le middle and over each nostril, and has a concave margin be- 
s '' lri are of ° * ea ^ an d kody 34, tail 17'8 : these measurements being those of a dried 
white at the base, rich brown towards the ends. The naked 
tween. 
are nf “uu uocn 
ot sma11 
'Staining fl s j, • °^ Ces He occurrence of an otter, which he calls Lutra vulgaris, on all lakes 
U a 11 111 dance in the neighbourhood of Lob-nor. 
Family — UJIS II) jE. 
24. Ubsus, sp. 
. ^uliouf,.], the ' . 
,'Th C'apt a jo Bid 1 ( . llCums ^ ance is not mentioned in Dr. Stoliczka’s diary, I am informed by 
species here ' U ^ arL< ^ Captain Trotter that traces of bears were seen on the Pamir, 
l as inhabit; ri !, H '|| U1 ma ^ vei T possibly be the pale-coloured form described by Severt- 
lis i'orm i s iden^ ] ' Tllian S1 *an, and named by bim U. leuconyx J It is doubtful whether 
' ts [ - ^dbelU nus i, U |, Wltl1 tiie Himalayan TJ. isabellmus, or whether it is a pale TJ. arctos, 
u ‘ Pamir there • i 18 bought to be by some naturalists. Between the Himalayan area and 
Accordi nrp t p a ° aC ^ Hact in the Indus valley in which no bears are known to occur. 
JlUj dark brown° V'd cva l s ki- there are two different kinds of bears on the Thian Shan, the 
•aimak found onl ^ ^ . wB ^ e claws, supposed to be TJ. leuconyx, the other a much paler 
Pparently no CQ ^ ou ^sh, treeless plateaux, and identified by Prejevalsld with TJ. isabellinus. 
1011 may varv wU?^? 5011 Hese forms, by means of skulls, has been made, and the colour- 
w «n the locality. 
Order EODENTIA. 
Family — SCITJ RID IE. 
Q eo g 25. Ptebomys inobnattjs. 
’ JaeqUemoQ t, Voyage dans Flnde, iv. 
Zoologie, Mammiferes, p. 62 ; Atlas, ii, PI. IV. 
b Sona 
Tim . “ unainar S. Kashmir, 
l^av , 0ll tPnal q (1 , 
( 8ee n, being m ° l j le ^is species differs much in colouration from all specimens that I 
s Uc 1 ^ 00 P a lo, and showing nothing of the grizzled back. 
\V 26. Abctomys aubeus. Pis. XI, XI«. 
" 4 - c audai US} g S ' B '’ 1875 > x,iv > Pt. 2, pp. 106, 123. 
Xv i;^ V01 tz °®> Turk. Jev., pp. 61, 81; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876, Ser. 4, Vol. 
4 1} l 3, nec Jacquemont. 
2 extl 'eniitat e ^ > ■ ^ 0rso n HP'o lavato, capite antice fulvescenti-cano , maculo fusco ad 
sl gnato, ventre interdum leviter ferruginescente, cauda tertiam partem 
'■ p , •*' Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July 1876, Ser. 4, Vol. xviii, p. 43. 
• "iitth. Erg. hft., No. 53, p. 3 : From Kulja, &c., p. 38. 
