No. 420 Lagomys Ladacensis. — The Ladak Pika
Native Names.—Zabra, Karin, or Phisekarin, Ladakhi.
Habitat.—High plateaux of Ladakh.
Description.—“General hue of the upper body pale buff, fulvous, with a very slight rufous tint, and tipped with dark brown; below whitish with translucent dusky blue.”—Stoliczka, quoted by Blanford.
Size.—From 7 inches to 9 inches.
It is as yet doubtful whether this is not identical with the last. Mr. Blanford has separated it, and Dr. Günther, agreeing with him, named this species L. Ladacensis; but the skull characteristics of L. Curzoniæ have not as yet been compared with this, and the separation has been made on external characters only.
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