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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book chapter
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Ochotona nubrica
Thomas, 1922
.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9:187
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
"Tuggur, Nubra Valley, alt. 10,000" [Ladak, Kashmir,
India
]
.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern edge of Tibetan Plateau from Ladak (
India
,
China
) through
Nepal
to E
Tibet
(
China
).
STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate.
SYNONYMS:
aliensis
Zheng, 1979;
lama
Mitchell and Punzo, 1975;
lhasaensis
Feng and Kao, 1974
.
COMMENTS: Assigned to
pusilla
by
Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951)
, to
roylei
(as O.
lama)
by
Corbet (1978c)
and to
thibetana
(as
O. t. lama)
by
Feng et al. (1986)
. Recognized as distinct by A. T. Smith et al. (1990). Its closest relations seem to be with
thibetana
and it is possible that further data may indicate intergradation between the two. May include
hodgsoni
;
see comment under
O. roylei
.