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Show 302 MR. J. L. BONHOTE OX MAMMALS FROM TIBET. [Nov. 14, in 1738, 2 ft. 4 in. high ") was thrown on tlie screen to prove that as early as 1746 the Satyrus indicus was recognised as differing from the Chimpanzee. This picture was said to have been taken from life. It was usually said that the existence of an African anthropoid other than the Chimpanzee was not known till about the middle of the last century. This was not the opinion of J. E. Gray ; for at a scientific meeting of this Society *, in calling attention to Wombwell's Gorilla, he alluded, but without quotation, to Bowrlich's ‘ Mission to Ashantee' (London, 1819), where the " African Orang (Pithecus Trogloclites) " was compared with the Ingena. The following papers were read :- 1. On a Collection of Mammals brought home by the Tibet Frontier Commission. By J. L ewis Bonhote, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S.+ [Received August 9, 1905.] (Text-figures 52 & 53.) The collection + of mammals brought home by the Tibet Mission, and collected by Capt. H. J. Walton of the Indian Medical Service, although not large in numbers contains several specimens of great interest, and there can be no doubt but that the region is full of mammalian treasures, only waiting time and opportunity for their discovery. Of the eight species of which examples were brought back, two, Microtus waltoni and Cricetulus lama, are new to science, while the large red Fox of the country is sufficiently distinct to be entitled to subspecific rank. In addition to these, I have been enabled for the first time to examine the skull of another Fox, Vulpes ferrilatus, described 63 years ago, but of which the skull-characters have hitherto remained entirely unknown. This skull shows features of great peculiarity, and proves the validity of ferrilatus as a species, a matter hitherto considered doubtful by some writers. In addition to the specimens collected by Capt. Walton, the British Museum is indebted to Col. Waddell for two or three skins, an account of which has also been incorporated in this paper. F e l is m a n u l Pall. Felis manul Pall. Reise Russ. Reiclis, iii p. 692 (1776); Blanf. Faun. Br. Ind., Mamm. p. 83 (1891). * P.Z.S. 1861, p. 278. t [The complete account of the new f o n n s described in this communication a ppea rs here; but since the names and preliminary diagnoses were published in th e ‘ Abstract/ tlie former are distinguished b y being underlined.- E d i t o k .] X A sketch-map giving all the localities in which this collection was procured is published in ‘ The Ibis ' (1905, p. 57, pi. ii.). |
