IV 
MAMMALIA. 
75 
Scattered ] 0 j lf l, H \° t \ 0ra ' < '^ r b>ng, about 
0'9 inch long on the middle of the back, without any 
"hat move 8 ^ r lairs ’ hlack and glossy (leaden black) at the base on the upper parts, some- 
l)v °wn; th e g ^ 011 ^ le Vies and below, distal portion of the dorsal hairs whitish, tips dark- 
1 basal portio 0n S ^ GS ’ 011 the abdomen the tips of the hair are white ; on the head 
lathe,, thinly iu^l ^ laPi ' is liglit slaty-grey, the tips rufous. Ears large, round, clothed 
‘Vs of ti U; gai ^ e 1 | ear the margin with whitish-brown hairs, and outside with much longer 
ee t whitish ° C ° ° Ur ' Whiskers fine and long, the upper dark-brown, the lower white. 
! >e r ather m() ^f aS , Ures a bout 8 inches in length, the skeleton 7 (the living animal would 
ln Ifeadth ; tn - * 16 eais the dried skin an inch in length or rather more, and the same 
, V the skull *+1 en< ^ c ^ aws i‘2 ; carpus to end of claws 07. 
U Ved, without " lC aa terior and posterior portions of the anterior palatine foramen are 
“■'rrovver than ' tendency to a constriction between them. The nasal bones are much 
■ '' oylei, and the sincipital portion is more convex ; otherwise there is 
Vch 
1 fesemkln tne 
Thefolh!!? Cel)etweeil tbetAvo. 
ln ~ aie Ve dimensions of the skull of L. auritus : — 
T°tal length 
aeross zygomatic arches 
W if? ° f nasal bonea 
*>. tehiud 
Do. . „ ■ 
2j o m tront 
„ , .. °f frontal bones between 
orbits 
*= udinal diameter of orbits (includim 
temporal portion) 
ransv e r se diameter of do. 
AnteLnL Pa - atille ° penin - • • • • 
i; , eilor diameter of bony palate be- 
*** paiatine °p ei| big' 
benotp 0 r.^ Upae between last pair of molars 
Lenotl, '(■ ,^ le ^ u PP ei ' molars taken together . 
rpj . height cif JaW fl ’ 0m angle to s y m pbysis 
tij! lter * It pro!) I rom L. roylei by its much larger ears and by its colour, which is 
C l^ J Vheng Unwa J y is I° u nd in other parts of Ladak. 1 Skins obtained at Gilgit and in 
Voters betwoov, ^y ^ptain Biddulph, 3 however, appear to be intermediate in 
of L. auritus : — 
Metre. 
Inch. 
Metre. 
Inch. 
•044 
1-73 
.021 
0-82 
•0215 
0-85 
•0155 
0-6 
•016 
0-63 
•0045 
0-18 
•0045 
0-18 
■0055 
0-22 
•0065 
0-26 
•005 
0-2 
•005 
0-2 
•Oil 
0-44 
•0115 
0'46 
•0095 
0-38 
•010 
0-4 
•012* 
0-47 
•013 
0-52 
•002 
0-07 
•0075 
0-3 
•007 
0-28 
•009 
0-37 
•009 
0-35 
•028 
1-12 
•017 
0-67 
Ween L - r °ylei and L. 
auritus. 
48. Lagomys macrotis. 
i oi • Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1875, Ser. 4, xvi, p. 231. 
^ere io Without i^i. 
nth VoUe c Sa Vgle 
Si), 
3 °tious & s I J ecimen, without a label, of a Lagomys with the fur in poor condition, 
1U:I< c by Dr. Stoliczka. It has evidently been shot when shedding its long 
as v, of r 
: A K Vbu. Leh B °W in Dr. stoiiczk 
’ B, » 1877, s] vi p, d ^ a ’ are forthcoming. 
’ 1 c> A p. 326. 
Stoliczka’s list of his collected specimens as having been procured at Malayan 
