Order Lagomorpha
Author
James H. Honacki
Author
Kenneth E. Kinman
Author
James W. Koeppl
text
1982
Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections
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Editor
James H. Honacki
Editor
Kenneth E. Kinman
Editor
James W. Koeppl
Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition)
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book chapter
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Ochotona collaris
(Nelson, 1893)
.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 8: 117
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
U.S.A.
,
Alaska
, near head of Tanana River
.
DISTRIBUTION: W.C. Mackenzie, S.
Yukon
, N. W.
British Columbia
(
Canada
); S.E.
Alaska
(
U.S.A.
).
COMMENT:
Broadbooks, 1965
, Am. Midi. Nat., 73:299-335, and
Youngman, 1975
, Mammals of the
Yukon
Terr., Nat. Mus. Nat. Sci. (Ottawa), Publ. Zool. 10, 192 pp, considered
collaris
and
princeps
conspecific. Corbet, 1978, following
Gureev, 1964
, included
collaris
in
alpina
.
A statistical re-evaluation of craniometric data by
Weston, 1981
,
in
Myers, Proc. World Lagomorph Conf., indicated that
collaris
,
princeps
,
and
alpina
are separate species.
Hall, 1981:286
, recognized
collaris
as a distinct species.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301409001001002001.