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Ardomys caudatns. 
A. Tiimalayanns. 
Mus sublimis . 
Arvicola blythi. 
Rodentia. 
Arvicola stoliczkanus. 
Lepus tibetmns. 
L. hypsibius. 
Lagomys ladacensis. 
Lagomys auritus. 
Ungulata. 
Bqms hemionm. 
Bos grunniens. 
Ovis hodgsoni y (0. ammon, auct., nec Linn.) 
0. vignei. 1 
Ovis nalmra. 
Copra sibirica. 
Bantholops hodgsoni. 
Gazella pidicaudata. 
The isabelline hear, stag, and a few other animals, which inhabit Kashmir, occasionally 
cross the mountains into Ladak, and may be found in Dras and Zanskar, but they are not 
permanent inhabitants of the Tibetan region, and cannot be included in the fauna. The 
musk deer may be Tibetan, and Mr. Lydekker 2 is inclined to think it is so, as he has seen 
skins said to haye been procured in Ladak, and the animal has a Tibetan name; but I have 
been unable to find that any one has actually seen the species wild in Tibet. 
Eor comparison with the Western Tibetan fauna, the following list of the mammals, 
hitherto recorded as found in Eastern Tibet, 3 may be useful. I carefully exclude the numerous 
species mentioned by Hodgson, Blyth, and Pere David, which are palpably forest forms, 
inhabiting comparatively low elevations (below 10,000 feet above the sea). These species 
come from the portions of Eastern Tibet which are south of the main Himalayan range, and 
which enjoy a damp climate. 
Carnivora. 
Felts mcia. 
Canis ( Vulpes) ferrilatus. 
F. manul. 
Maries tmifaa. 
F. isabcllina. 
Mustela erminea. 
Cards laniger. 
M. temon. 
C .. ( Cuon ) alpinus. 
Bntorius larvatuSy [B. eversmanni , teste Gray). 
C. (Yuljoes) flavescens. 
Ursus pndnosus. 
Rodentia. 
Ardomys Jdmalayamis , ( A . robustm). 
Lepus oiostolus (perhaps the same as L. pallipes ). 
Scntrus europaus ? 
Lagomys curzonive. 
Legms pallipes. 
L. tibetanus (perhaps the same as the last). 
Ungulata. 
Fquus hemionus. 
O. naJmra. 
Bos grunniens. 
Capra sibirica. 
Ovis hodgsoni. 
Bantholops hodgsoni. 
Perhaps Budorcas taxicolor , Moschus moschiferus, and Cervus affinis should be added, but I 
have grave doubts whether any of them are found on the Tibetan plateau. 
1 Another large sheep, O. brookei, described P. Z. S., 1874, p. 143, is founded on a skull supposed by its describer, Mr. E 
Ward, to have been brought from Leh in Ladak; but no additional specimens have been obtained to confirm the locality 
2 J. A. S. B., 1877, xlvi, Pt. 2, p. 288. 
3 My principal authorities for this list are Blytb’s Catalogue of Mammals in the Museum, Asiatic Society; Jerdon’s Mammals 
of India; the Catalogues of Hodgson's Mammals presented to the British Museum; and Pere David’s List of Eastern Tibetan and 
Chinese Mammalia in the Nouvelles Archives du Museum, Vol. vii, Bulletin p. 91. For some remarks on these authorities and on 
the Tibetan mammalian fauna, see P. Z. S., 1876, p. 631. 
