MAMMALIA. 
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Parts it is a L 
r ' ( ' ar the en/ ^ ^ )ase an ^ b° r the grater part of its length, pale sandy -brown 
i,lrs about half tA , eX ^ reme tip dusky brown ; on the lower parts it is white throughout, 
'air outside ; f ac g en Sth of the head, oval, naked inside, thinly clothed with short brown 
j lsu al, very i on „. <C sanc ^[ > the hairs grey at the base ; sides of head whitish ; whiskers, as 
. base, the low” ex< j® e< tLig 3 inches ; the uppermost brown, the longest white, except at 
* r ' 1 throughout 1 611 lre ^ w bite ; the long hairs beneath the hind-feet all white, as are the 
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r ‘ ^toliczka ou^? ^mensions, doubtless from the freshly killed animal, 
16 a) <‘l °f the specimen from Koslitak : — 
LengtVof ^- i taiHncluded 11-75 
Disfan c ai ^bairs at end included apparently) ..... 6-75 
™ce tr °m snout to eye 0-7 
are marked by 
eye to ear 
Iragth of fore-foot and claivs 
°- hind-foot 
Do ■ tarsus 
t 11 dl'ied supoiyy/ ^ 00t (bind-leg) measured from knee 
0-25 
0-75 
0-55 
0 - 55 
0-8 
1 - 75 
V • - , »um SOppin ' “8/ " ic “ aulcu J-fum Jtuee. .....■* 
n< 'foot fr 0m pni eUS tb <; ear measures 065 from the orifice, and 05 in width ; 
Ihef »c:^r‘r ndoici ™ 2 ' 85 - 
& e tlle dimensions of an adult skull 
Length 
breadth 
tarsus and 
Length ( - r0SS Zygomatic arches 
■ °f do. 
in front 
frontal region between orbits 
Th< 
Of nasal p ones 
do. behind 
IT ■ do ‘ 
!; ei ^bt of orbit 
breadth of do. 
breadth 
Length of nmlnvc c ° " oou U1UII,S ’ 
breadth of s ° u Pper jaw taken together 
Length of a '°. between last molars 
height of ^ Gr ' aW L-om angle to symphysis 
dentition ' °' * 
Metre. 
•033 
•021 
•013 
•003 
•004 
•008 
•0045 
•010 
•006 
•004 
•0155 
■0075 
Inches. 
1-3 
0-84 
0-52 
0-12 
0-16 
0-3 
0-18 
0-4 
0-23 
0-15 
0-6 
0-29 
tlvo otJ 10 ^° We r, on '(n|!|| S ^ 1 ^ 1 Brandt's description. There are 4 molars in the upper jaw, 
the > . 1 l0p three ° ! S1( ^ e > the anterior upper molar is minute, simple, almost cylindrical ; 
2 0l(W ers > and two f 7 convex folds outside, the anterior fold being much smaller than 
bisido * ° 5 second *> S lns ^ e » tn the lower jaw the anterior molar has 3 folds inside, 
disa,°’ a 8 r oove u -i i; , ‘ bolds on each side, the third 2 folds outside, hut no distinct fold 
appearing o ch occ ^ 
. , ^ 8 peI° lder ^uU s . 
r etum ’ ies was de 
in ti U) b )Ul 'ney f roin scribed by Lichtenstein from a pair obtained by Eversman, on his 
1 ,K ?,1 dng in m.i ^ occurs there being confined to the crown of the tooth and doubtless 
" ”s. 
ibed 
j) ^ *«t of ^ " u *naia, 
ac »»«o» found 
* ‘“OiUa 
® e country. 
m the deserts near the Sea of Aral. Severtzoff includes it 
in Western Turkestan. 1 It is a typical Dipus. D. jaculus, 
y ar. telum , and D. platyurus are also said by Severtzoff to he 
1 T “rk. ,T ev . 
P- 62; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876, Ser. 4, xviii, p. 56. 
