MAMMALIA. 
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On the label of one of the specimens from Karghalik, a male, the following details, evi¬ 
dently from the fresh specimen, are given in Dr. Stoliczka’s handwriting :— 
,f Whole length 
Length of head 
Do. of tail 
Snout to eye. 
Do. to base of ear 
Length of ear from front base 
Ditto from hind do. 
Breadth of ear 
Length of gape 
Do. of fore foot with claws 
Do. of hind foot . 
Inches. 
. 8-2 
. 2-3 
. 0-7 
. 1-17 
. 1-75 
. 1-5 
. 1*45 
. 1-2 
. 1*2 
. 1-25 
. 1 - 0 , 
“ The snout projects 0‘4 inch beyond the lower jaw; the distance between the fore feet when expanded is 
8*2 inches; between the hind feet 9 inches. Iris black, snout blackish, outer edges of nostrils ciliated, head 
pale rusty, entire under surface white, as well as behind the ears, along [the edge of the area covered by] the 
spines all round the white is fringed with very pale rusty ; ears, feet, and tail silvery brownish-grey ; claws 
fleshy white, soles blackish. Tongue elongately oval, and very thick/' 
The longest spines are a little less than an inch in length in most specimens. The 
irregularity of the spines, I think, depends on the manner in which the skin has dried. 
There is no variation of importance in the different specimens. 
The skeleton is that of an animal not quite adult. The skull measures L9 inches long 
by IT broad across the zygomatic arches, and 0’5 between the orbits. 
The following are measurements of an old skull with worn teeth taken from one of 
Dr. Stoliczka’s specimens :— 
Met. 
Inches. 
Length from occipital plane to anterior end of premaxillaries 
. -050 
2 
from lower margin of foramen magnum to ditto . 
. -048 
1-93 
,, of bony palate from opening of posterior nares . . . 
. -028 
1T5 
„ of suture between nasal bones ...... 
. -015 
0-6 
Breadth across zygomatic arches 
. -030 
1-23 
,, of brain pan at posterior termination of zygomata 
. *023 
0-94 
Least breadth of frontal region between orbits ..... 
. '012 
0-51 
Breadth of nasals 
03 
O 
o 
• 
0-1 
Length of first true molar. 
. *005 
0-18 
Breadth of ditto. 
. ’006 
0-22 
Length of lower jaw from angle ....... 
. *037 
1*48 
Approximate height of ditto .. 
. *017 
0-7 
On Plate la, the figures 1, la, lb, are taken from a very old skull; 1 c, Id, le, If, from the 
young, immature skull belonging to the skeleton obtained at Yarkand, the latter being added 
in order to show the form of the teeth, which are worn down to a flat surface in the aged 
skull represented in the upper figures. 
