Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica Thomas 1922

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 191

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Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica Thomas 1922 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9: 187.

Type Locality: "Tuggur, Nubra Valley, alt. 10,000" [Ladak, Kashmir, India].

Vernacular Names: Nubra Pika.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica subsp. nubrica Thomas 1922

Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica subsp. lhasaensis Feng and Kao 1974

Distribution: Southern edge of Tibetan Plateau from Ladak ( India, China) through Nepal to E Tibet ( China).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Ochotona . Assigned to pusilla by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), to roylei (as O. lama ) by Corbet (1978 c) and to thibetana (as O. t. lama ) by Feng et al. (1986). Recognized as distinct by A. T. Smith et al. (1990), followed by Yu and Zheng (1992a). Its closest relations were thought to be with O. thibetana , but Yu et al. (2000) demonstrated that they are with O. curzoniae . Also see comment under O. roylei .