Order Lagomorpha Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 595 604 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353003 0-89327-235-3 7353003 Ochotona princeps (Richardson, 1828) . Zool. J., 3:520 . TYPE LOCALITY: Canada , Alberta , near Athabasca Pass, head of Athabasca River . DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of W. North America from C. British Columbia ( Canada ) to N. New Mexico , Utah , C. Nevada , and E.C. California ( U.S.A. ). COMMENT: Broadbooks, 1965 , Am. Midi. Nat., 299-335, and Youngman, 1975 , Mammals of the Yukon Terr., Nat. Mus. Nat. Sci. (Ottawa), Publ. Zool. 10, 192 pp., considered princeps and collaris conspecific. Corbet, 1978, following Gureev, 1964 , included princeps in alpina . A statistical re-evaluation of craniometric data by Weston, 1981 , in Myers, Proc. World Lagomorph Conf., indicated that princeps , collaris , and alpina are separate species. See also comments under alpina . ISIS NUMBER: 5301409001001008001.