No. 361 Mus Sublimis
Habitat.—Ladakh, 13,000 feet.
Description.—Brown above; whitish below; the colours gradually blending; fur soft and long; all except the tips dark slaty grey, the terminal portions of the shorter hairs being light brown, and of the longer hairs dark brown; upper whiskers black; lower white; ears oval; feet thinly clad with short light brown hairs; tail with short bristly hairs, dusky brown above, whitish below; tail longer than head and body.
Size.—Head and body, 2·6 inches; tail, 3·05; length of hind foot, 0·83 inch.
Mr. Blanford, who named the above species, which was procured in the expedition to Yarkand, is doubtful whether it may not be referable to the last species.
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