62 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
41. Lepus pallipes, var. PI. Ill, fig. 2. 
Hodgson, 1 J. A. S. B., 1842, xi, p. 288. — Waterhouse, Rodentia, p. 62. 
? L. oiostolus, Hodgs., J. A. S. B., 1840, ix, p. 1186. 
? L. tibetanus, Anderson, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 563, nee Waterhouse. 
Tagh-toshkhan (mountain hare), Yarkandi (Scully). 
1. No label. 
The only specimen which I refer to this species is without a label, hut I think it 
probable that it was shot in the Karak&sh valley. An examination of the skull shows th 
it is just adult. 
The general colouration is pale rufous-brown, the whole of the rump being pure ash-g re « ' 
The basal portion of the fur is dark slaty everywhere, except on the middle of the t> a0 .’ 
where it is very grey and nearly white, and on the lower parts and tail, where the ha# 
white throughout. There are very few black tips to the hair on the hack ; a few longer bl a °* 
hairs are mixed, hut they are not numerous, and they are so fine that they are easily overlook^, 
The ends of the hairs on the nape and along the hack of the neck are pale grey. Sid eS 
the neck and breast pale rufous. Tail white, except near the base above, where there al( ^ 
few dark-grev hairs. On the ears dark-brown longitudinal hands are conspicuous ofl 
anterior outer portion and the posterior inner surface. The anterior edge of the ear is wb j ’ 
the posterior edge buff inside, the upper portion of the inside surface white. The ante 1 ' 
portion of the outer surface (except where dark-brown or white) is rufous-brown, the post® 1 
portion white, becoming ashy near the base. The extreme tip is black ; this colour i' UIlS 
short distance down the anterior, and nearly half-way down the posterior edge. Eace bro 
with a well-marked, pale, lateral band through the eye ; side of nose whitish ; the l° r ’~ 
whiskers black near the base, white on the terminal portion ; other whiskers black, excep 
few of the lowest, which are white. 
The fur is extremely dense, soft and woolly, slightly curved on the back and sides ; 
hairs on the tarsus not so long as in L. hypsibius. 
The length of the skin from nose to rump is about 18 inches ; tail, including the 
at the end, 5 ; tarsus, 4‘6 ; ears from the head 4'5, from the orifice 36. 
The following are the dimensions of the skull : — 
Length from occiput to front of incisors 
Greatest breadth across posterior portion of zygomatic arches 
Width between orbits . 
>r 
Irak 8 
Length of nasal bones 
Breadth of do. behind ..... 
Do. do. in front ..... 
Length from base of hinder upper incisors to foremost molar 
Do. of the row of upper molars ..... 
Do. of palate behind anterior palatine opening 
Breadth of palate between 3rd pair of molars 
Length of lower jaw from angle to symphysis 
Height of do. ........ 
Metre. 
Inches. 
•090 
3-55 
•0425 
1-68 
•027 
1-05 
•035 
1-45 
•019 
0-74 
•014 
0-55 
•027 
1-05 
•0145 
0-57 
•006 
0-24 
•0125 
0-5 
•065 
2-55 
•038 
1-5 
Of the original types of L. pallipes described by Hodgson, two were from Lhassa a: 
ai 
from Sikkim. Through the kindness of Mr. Mandelli of Darjiling, I have had an opportu 
as # 
1 In the original description the name is printed pallipes. I think this must be a mistake or misprint for pallidip es > ‘ . j s . 
English name is given as “ white-foot. ” As the same specific name, however, is given to the Indian wolf and to some other a ' 1 
it would he inconvenient to change it. 
