316 
THE MAMMALS OF EGYPT. 
Lepus a:gtptius, Desmar. 
“ Lifevre d’Egypte/" Geoffr. & Aud. Descr. Egypte, Atlas, 1818, pi. vi. fig. 2. 
Lepus (egyptius,J)esms.r. Mamm. 1822, p. 350; Is. GeoflFr. Diet. Class, ix. 1826, p. 381; E. Geoffr. 
& Aud. Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. ii. 1829, p. 739; ed. 8vo, 1829, Hist. Nat. vol. v. p. 196; 
Hemp. & Ehrenb. Symb. Pbys. 1832, pi. xv. fig. 1 ; Wagner, Schreb. Saug. Suppl. iv. 1844, 
p. 90; Waterhouse, Mamm. ii. 1848, p. 85. 
Sex ? Province of Gizeh. Dr. Walter Innes, Bey. 
S . Eastern Desert, Assuan, „ „ 
d- Western „ „ 
? . Birket-el-Kerun, Fayum. Dr. C. W. Andrews. 
Largest of the Egyptian hares. Ears enormous, measuring fully 1|^ times the 
length of the head. Legs very long and thin, feet long and narrow. Fur rather 
short, without conspicuous longer hairs. General colour rather greyish, the front of 
the head more rufous, the nape rufous fawn ; the ears margined with yellowish-white 
hairs on both borders for two-thirds of their length, the apical third brightish yellow- 
fawn edged with black; a well-marked black tip on the hinder surface. The tail is 
rather long, the black on the upper side slightly mixed or bordered with brownish. 
The legs more fawn-coloured than the body, but slightly grizzled with darker tips 
to the fur. 
The fold of enamel on the front of the upper incisors is rather deep, the sides 
shghtly bowed out and the inner point inchned outwards, almost wholly filled with 
cementum showing a very shallow groove. 
Measurements taken from specimens freshly preserved in alcohol. 
c? .Nf)ar Assuan, c? . Near Assuan, 
Western Desert. Eastern Desert. 
Head and body . . . 
mm. 
400 
mm. 
430 
Length of bead . . . 
94 
97 
Breadth of bead . . 
43 
45 
Ear from notch . . . 
133 
142 
,, crown. . . 
165 
168 
Breadth of ear . . . 
76 
80 
Tail. 
4 ^ 
103 
104 
,, with hair , . . 
125 
135 
Hind foot .... 
107 
111 
„ with hair . 
114 
116 
Tibial joint .... 
138 
143 
Forearm and hand 
154 
160 
