No. 411 Lepus Pallipes. — The Pale-footed Hare
Native Names.—Togh, Toshkhen, Yarkandi, i.e. Mountain Hare.
Habitat.—Yarkand; Thibet.
Description.—“Fur long, dense and soft, of a pale ochre colour, but on the back of the animal pencilled with black; haunches greyish; under-parts white, chest of a delicate yellow rufous tint; the front of the fore-legs and the fore-feet nearly of the same hue; tarsus almost white, but somewhat suffused with rufous in front; tail white, excepting along the middle portion of the upper surface, where it is grey.”—Waterhouse’s ‘Mammalia,’ vol. ii. p. 62.
Size.—Head and body, about 18 inches; tail, with hair about 5 inches.
This hare was first described by Hodgson (‘J. A. S. B.,’ vol. xi.), who also gave a plate; but there is a full description with an excellent plate in Blanford’s ‘Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand Mission.’
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