MAMMALIA. 43 
dente niol ur ; 0 ^ ^ US ^ on ffdudinis subcequante, pills fit l v eseen ti-albi d is setosis instruct# ; 
Postice, ex tiis ' nu j' xi ^ ari ultimo angusto, intus angulis duobus fortioribus antice, nullis 
^ on g. a rostro / 7 p arvu ^ s > duobus antice, ceteris postice, spatio interveniente, munito. 
<M asm Cau d(e (in corio clessicato ) 4, caudce 1, tarsi 0’7 poll. 
I Nubra 
General 
p alloy, N. of Ladak ; 2. Aktagh, on the upper waters of the Yarkand ri’ 
' v °°%, Q'5 totr l' em iginous, brown above, pure white beneath. Pur soft, rather 
'ead and | 30 , 1 lon g on the middle of the hack, the basal portion throughout both 
°^' Gie length of t]'° i a -^ i ea( len-grey : this is the case on the hack for about three quarters 
^hilst numerous ti lfUrS ’ tllC remain i n g quarter is rufous-white, tipped with darker rufous, 
| Wides the rufou ^ on £ er hairs are dark rufous-brown at the ends. Bather a sharp line 
,ls Gie back, qj S ° le } 3ac h from the white belly. Upper part of the head the same colour 
^nded, hairy ^ Gl ' whiskers dark -brown; lower, including the longest, white. Ears small, 
u> niargi a j n ' s .’ Com f ) c ^y concealed by the fur, with rather short bright rufous hair near 
0 hie fore-f 00 q ? a . covei ’ed outside with longer and paler hair. Eeet small, the thumb 
| )0 in.ted s bnt much 11 riu ^ m0Qtar y an( l clawlcss ; remaining claws long, compressed, sharply 
, 4 soles na % , Concea ^ e( l hy the long white hairs, which coyer the upper part of the 
apparently about * aiSus hairy below, a few hairs between the pads of the toes. Tail short, 
am? ^ white ha quarter the length of the body and head together, covered with stiff 
11(1 hikon — . . air ’ which extends about h alf an inch beyond the end.. The dimensions 
I' > uut much e i 17 5 & 
()t ; soles aa ]. i ° ncea ^ e( ^ hy the long white hairs, which cover the upper part of the 
apparently about * aiSus hairy below, a few hairs between the pads of the toes. Tail short, 
am??^ w hite ha quarter the length of the body and head together, covered with stiff 
a<! taken f rom which extends about half an inch beyond the end.. The dimensions 
I inches • t? S ^ 3ns ’ arif l are consequently only approximations ; length of head and 
aWs °^;earV a ^h terminal hairs 1£, without hairs 1 ; tarsus and liind-foot to end of 
The followi?? 01 ' iflcc 0-35 5 breadth the same. 
g nie the dimensions of a broken skull extracted from the skin 
Len gth, about 
h?°ui nasa ^ h°nes 
“'Sf* °« Jo. belli, id 
\y- ^°- in front 
cl tb between orbits 
Distaneelrom 0 !? 18 ° f Upp6r 
Length J , do ; to reisers 
The nasal 1) , wer J aw from condyle to symphysis 
„ r r ° u uded. The CS ? aV6 a sp 'gbtly concave outer margin, and their posterior termination is 
nn(i°i 6 d ° w n the cea ? 1SOrS are dee P yehow in front ; the upper pair having a very shallow 
a * as three salient an terior molar in the upper jaw consists of five prismatic lobes, 
0uts ide, two? a T leS 0n eac h si(le 5 the second consists of four prisms, and has three 
an ,i l ° ais hle, an q ? SIae 5 the third is peculiarly formed : it has two strong salient angles 
this process I "° Vei '^ weak outside in the anterior portion, which is followed by 
?°°th has two , la ' an Stwo 1 slight projecting angles on the outside only, so that altogether 
Metre. 
Inches. 
029 
1-15 
0095 
0-38 
002 
0-08 
003 
042 
0035 
0-13 
007 
0-27 
0085 
0-34 
018 
0-73 
not 
Ulnev • ^ tWo strono- -i- ® LJlv - uutu, anugeuiea 
Paw separate^ |\ ^ Sa lent an gles inside, and four — all much weaker — outside; the front 
h as fi n the lower jawTr the 1 ? lder pair a deep S move - 
0 pr °jection s 0n 16 an ^ eiaor m °l ar is much the largest, and the hinder small; the first 
1 The , CacPl s i ( l e > — the anterior pair very small and blunt ; the second has three 
hi "dcr md ®ost i s n _. . 
ex tremit v no ^ shewn 0 n g ty. 
or at the loft ha 1 6 n ^ nre ’ ^ b, fig. 2, as it is scarcely seen on the crown of the tooth ; it is at the inner 
ai1 0Wer termination of the figure, and is blunter than the angle just in front of it. 
