MAMMALIA. 
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is quoted with, as synonym, L. variabilis altaicct , Everm. (sic .); and again, in Gray’s notes on 
the skulls of Hares, &c., in the British Museum, a Lepus altaicm, Brandt 1 2 is mentioned. 
This is doubtless L. altaicus , Gray, of Eitzingcr*. Neither writer gives any reference, and I 
can find no description of the species by either Brandt or Gray. "Waterhouse in his mamma¬ 
lia 3 identifies the specimen thus named, which is said to he from the Altai mountains, with 
L. hybridus , Hesm. The specimen in the British Museum was from M. Brant’s (? Brandt’s) 
collection, and the locality is therefore possibly correct, but I cannot but think that Water¬ 
house’s identification needs confirmation. 
Family— LAGOM YIBjE. 
46. L a no ws ladacensis. PL VI, fig. 1; Pl. VII, 4 fig. 2 ; Pl. Vila, fig. 1. 
Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, xvi, p. 231.—W. Blanf. J.A.S.B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 110. 
Lagomys curzonia, Stoliczka, J.A.S.B., 1865, xxxiv, Pt. 2, p. 108.—Anderson, P.Z.S., 1871, p. 562, 
nec Hodgson. 
Zabra , Karin or Phise Tcarin, Ladak. 
L. major , pallide cervinus , sen rufescenti-fulvus, dorso in (estate magis rufescente , 
auriculis rotundatis , majusculis, extus ferrugineis, velleris dorsalis dimidio basali nigrescenti- 
vlumbeo , apiciali primum rufescente , tunc demum albeseenii~isabellino, pilis nonnullis 
longioribus nigris ad dorsum intermixtis, ventre pedibusque pallide fulvis , capite antice 
rufescente, vibrissis superioribus nigris , inferioribus albis. Long, iota circa 9, cranii 2‘25, 
auriculae 1, tarsi 1’5 poll. 
1, skin, Chagra, north of Pangong lake ; 2, 3, 4, skins, 5, skeleton, Rimdi, 17,000 feet; 6, skin, Kiziljilga, (both 
the two last localities are on the high plateau north of Ladak); 7,8, skins without labels, probably from 
Gogra, north of Rimdi. 
Some years ago, when describing the Lagomys from Upper Sikkim, 5 1 pointed out that 
it agreed much better with Mr. Hodgson’s description of L. curzoniae than did the Ladak 
species referred to the latter by Dr. Stoliczka. Mr. Hodgson’s types were presented to the 
British Museum, and Dr. Gunther has recently examined them, and finding that my sugges¬ 
tion was correct, and that the Ladak species is different, he has named the latter L. ladacensis. 
Dr. Stoliczka’s description is excellent and is here copied. He states that it is founded 
on four specimens, of three of which exact measurements are given :— 
“ General hue of the upper body pale buif, fulvous, with very slight rufous tint and tipped with dark 
brown ; below whitish, with translucent dusky blue. The larger hairs of the fur measure about |th of an inch; 
the lower part, for more than half their length, of a dark, slaty-blue colour, with silky lustre; the next portion 
pale fulvous, and the tip dark-brown or black. The fur is full and very soft, as Hodgson remarks, and can be 
readily distinguished from that of I , rufescens, Gray. Chiefly in old specimens, there are, on the sides 
1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1867, Ser. 3, xx, p. 223. 
2 Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math. Nat. Cl., 1867, lvi, 1 Abt. p. 165. 
3 Rodentia, ii, p. 45. 
4 In plates VI, VII representing this species and L. auritus, a mistake has been made. It was proposed to figure L. ladacensis 
in summer and winter vesture, on Pl. VI. The lower figure in Pl. VI is L. ladacensis in winter dress, but is somewhat too dark ; 
the upper figure is L. auritus. Figure 2, Pl. VII, is L. ladacensis in summer dress. The colouration of both figures in Plate VI 
is unsatisfactory, the lower figure should be much more buff, the upper figure browner and less yellow. 
5 J.A.S.B., 1872, xli, p. 35. 
