Order Lagomorpha
Author
Robert S. Hoffmann
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
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827
book chapter
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Ochotona rufescens
(Gray, 1842)
.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:266
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
"
India
,
Cabul
, Rocky Hills near Baker Tomb at about 6000 or
8000 feet
elevation" [Baber's (?) Tomb,
Kabul
,
Afghanistan
]
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Afghanistan
,
Baluchistan
(
Pakistan
),
Iran
,
Armenia
, and SW Turkmenia.
STATUS: Considered a crop pest and controlled in parts of its range. However, most populations are not considered threatened. A possible exception may be the isolated population of
shukurovi
in the Little Balkhan Range, Turkmenia (A. T. Smith et al., 1990).
SYNONYMS:
regina
Thomas, 1911;
shukurovi
Heptner, 1961
;
vizier
Thomas, 1911;
vulturna
Thomas, 1920.
COMMENTS: Includes
seiana;
see A. T. Smith et al. (1990) and comments under
O. curzoniae
.