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The following are the measurements of the skull, which is unfortunately imperfect, 
skull of the other specimen is equally imperfect below and at the occiput:— 
Greatest breadth across posterior portion of zygomatic arches 
Width between orbits ...... 
Length of nasal bones ...... 
Width of do. behind ...... 
Do. do. in front ...... 
Prom base of (hinder) upper incisor to foremost molar 
Length of the six molars taken together .... 
Do. of palate behind anterior palatine opening . 
Breadth of do. between 3rd pair of molars . 
Height of lower jaw from base to coronoid process . 
Metre. 
Inches. 
•040 
1-59 
•023 
0-9 
•036 
1-42 
•017 
0-67 
•013 
0-52 
•023 
0-9 
•0155 
0-61 
•006 
0-24 
•0115 
0-47 
•040 
1-58 
The 
This hare is much smaller than L. hypsibius , and very differently coloured; the fur is much 
shorter and less woolly, and the tail has a broad black band above. The skull differs in several 
points. The palatine opening is much broader behind, the molars comparatively wider apart, 
muzzle shorter, the postorbital processes rise much less above the plane of the frontals, the 
lower edge of the zygomatic arch is nearly straight and not angulately convex, &c. 
Prom the shortness of the fur I should have anticipated that this hare would be an 
inhabitant of a less severe climate than L. pallipes and the species hereafter described. 
Recently specimens of a hare procured by Major Biddulph in Yassin near Gilgit, and 
closely approaching L. tibetanus in external characters, have proved, on examination of the 
skull, to belong to a different species, and have been described by myself as L. biddulphi} 
43. Leptjs yakkandensis. PL IV, fig. 1; PI. IVa, fig. 2. 
Gunther, Ann. Mag. Hat. Hist., Ser. 4, xvi, p. 229.—W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv., Pt. 2, 
p. 109. 
Toshklian, Yarkandi (Scully). 
L. parvus, affinis Lepori tolai, sed multo minor, nusquam niger nee griseus, auriculis usque 
ad apicem eoncoloribus, baud nigris, arenaeeo-isabellinus , fusco plusve minusve ad dorsum 
lavatus , lateribus laeteis, pectore pallidissime rufo, cauda alba, superne fused; vellere 
molli, longiuseulo, ad basin cinereo. Long, a rostro ad basin eaudee 17, capitis 3'6, caudee 4 , 
auris 4'25, tarsi 4'25 poll. 
1, 2, Yarkand; 3, Yangihissar; 4, skin, 5, skeleton, Kalti-ailak near Fyzabad; all localities in the plain of 
Yarkand and Kashghar. 
General colour light brown or sand colour, above more or less mixed with dusky, becom¬ 
ing pale isabelline, almost cream colour on the sides, without any trace of grey on the rump ; 
tail dark brown above; ears without any black at the end, though in one specimen there is 
a slight dusky tip ; face and anterior portion of the ears the same colour as the back; lower 
parts, as usual, white; fur very soft and long, fine and woolly towards the base, and with 
numerous hairs rather longer than the rest, scattered throughout the body; these hairs have 
dusky tips on the back. The dorsal fur is pale grey at the extreme base for about a quarter 
of an inch, then pale rufous for at least half an inch; towards the end there is a dusky ring, 
1 J. A. S. B., 1877, xlvi, Pt. 2, p. 324. 
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