MAMMALIA. 
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IJJ._Kuenlun- —Prom the Kuenlun ranges, including all the mountainous region north 
of the Karakoram pass and Upper Yarkand river, and intervening between the Mastagh 
range (usually marked on maps as the Karakoram range) and the plains of Yarkand, I find 
only the following species recorded 1 :— 
Mustela temon ? 
Ardomys himalayanus. 
Arvicola stoliczkanus. 
Nesokia scullyi. 
Lepus pallipes ? var. 
Lagomys griseus. 
Lagomys macrotis. 
JEquns hemionus . 
Bos {Boephagus) grunniens. 
Ovis nahura . 
Capra sibirica. 
Banlholops hodgsoni. 
On the Altyn-tagh, a lofty range of mountains discovered by Colonel Prejevalski just 
south of Lob-nor, but believed to be continuous with the Kuenlun ranges, the following 
animals were observed by that traveller. (Petermann’s Mitth. Erghft., No. 53, p. 17; 
Prom Kulja, &c., p. 84.) The names are those given by Colonel Prejevalski, except those 
between parentheses:— 
Felis irbis (F. undo), very rare. 
Mustela intermedia (? Martes leucolachncea), rare. 
Canis lujms ) 
Canis chanko ? > rather rare. 
Canis vulpes (? V. flavescens ) ) 
Lepus sp. (? L. pallipes), common in ravines. 
Meriones sp. (? Gerbillus cryptorhinus,) rare, in 
the ravines. 
Camelns bactrianns,ferus, roaming about, rarely 
inside the mountains. 
Ovis polii, rare. 
Psetidois naJioor (Ovis nahura) common. 
Poephagus grunniens, ferns, rare. 
Asimis Iciang (Bquus hemionus), rare. 
Sus scrofa, ferns, rare, in the ravines. 
IV.—Eastern Turkestan. —The following is the list of animals known to be found in 
the plains of Yarkand and Kashghar:— 
Chiropteka. 
Vesperugopvpistrellus . Vesperugo discolor. 
V. borealis. Synotus darjilingensis . 
Felis tigris. 
F. shawiana. 
F. catus, var. 
Cricetus ( Cricetulus ) fulvus. 
Mus pachycercus. 
Mus erythronotus . 
Equus hemionus ? 
Sus scrofa ? 
Insectivora. 
Frinaceus albulus. 
Carnivora. 
Canis lupus. 
C. ( Vulpes) flavescens. 
Mustela stoliczkana. 
Rodentia. 
Gerbillus cryptorhinus. 
Bipus lagopus. 
Lepus yarkandensis . 
Ungulata. 
Gazella subgutturosa, var. yarkandensis. 
Cervns, sp. ? 
1 I include animals observed in the valley of the Karakash and that of the upper portion of the Yarkand river. My author¬ 
ities are Shaw, Hayward, and Henderson, besides Dr. Stoliczka’s notes and collections. 
