No. 410 Lepus Hypsibius. — The Mountain Hare
Habitat.—Northern Ladakh.
Description.—Colour rufous brown, more or less mixed with black on the back, dusky ashy on the rump; lower parts white with a slight rufescent tinge, fur long, woolly, rather curly, and thick; head brown, whitish round the eyes; whiskers partly black, partly white; outside surface of ears brown in front, whitish behind, the brown hairs having short black tips; the extreme tip of ears black; tail white; throughout limbs chiefly white, a brownish band running down the anterior portion of the fore-legs.
Size.—Of skin about 24 inches. (See Blanford’s ‘Second Yarkand Mission,’ p. 60; also plate iii.)
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