Ochotona pallosi (Gray, 1867)

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 811

Ochotona pallosi (Gray, 1867) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20:220.

TYPE LOCALITY: "...said to come from 'Asiatic Russia-Kirgisen'" (Thomas, 1908:109). Restricted by Heptner (1941:328) to "southern parts...Karkaralinsk Mountains...north of Lake Balkhash" [Karagandinsk ObL, Kazakhstan (49°N, 75°E)J .

DISTRIBUTION: Discontinuous in arid areas (mtns and high steppes) in Kazakhstan; Altai Mtns, Tuva ( Russia), and Mongolia, to Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia ( China).

STATUS: Isolated populations of O. p. hamica and O. p. sunidica are threatened, or in some cases may be extinct (A. T. Smith et al., 1990).

SYNONYMS: hamica Thomas, 1912; ogotona Waterhouse, 1848 (not Bonhote, 1905); opaca Argyropulo, 1939 (not Vinogradov and Argyropulo, 1948; see Ellerman and MorrisonScott, 1951; not Argyropulo, 1941, see comment under gloveri kamensis ); pricei Thomas, 1911; sunidica Ma et al., 1980.

COMMENTS: Includes pricei ( Corbet, 1978c) as it is commonly referred to in Soviet literature. However, marked difference in reproduction, habitat, behavior, and vocalization suggest that pollasi and pricei may prove to be specifically distinct (A. T. Smith et al., 1990).