Ochotona macrotis
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Ochotonidae
Ochotona
Ochotona macrotis

description: <i>Ochotona macrotis</i> (Günther, 1875). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16:231. TYPE LOCALITY: "Doba" [C Tibet, (31 °N, 87°E), China] Ognev (1940:86). Not "Duba...N side... Kuenlun on road...via Kugiar" [Kakyar, 37°45'N, 77°05'E, W Xinjiang, China] <i>contra</i> Blanford (1879:76). Not Dobo, Qinghai [(36O41'N, 101°30'E)(Vaurie, 1972:352)]. DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan (China); Himalayas (Nepal, India) from Bhutan through Tibet, Kunlun (China), Karakorum (Pakistan), Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), Pamir, and W Tien Shan Mtns (Kirghizistan, Tadzhikistan, SE Kazakhstan). STATUS: Currently not threatened (A. T. Smith et al., 1990). SYNONYMS: <i>auritus</i> Blanford, 1875; <i>baltina</i> Thomas, 1922; <i>chinensis</i> Thomas, 1911; <i>griseus,</i> Blanford, 1875; <i>sacana</i> Thomas, 1914; <i>sinensis,</i> Lydekker, 1912; <i>wollastoni</i> Thomas and Hinton, 1922. COMMENTS: Included in <i>roylei</i> by Gureev (1964), Roberts (1977), Corbet (1978c:68), and Gromov and Baranova (1981:72). Morphological and ecological differences in the area of sympatry first documented by Kawamichi (1971) and Abe (1971), and confirmed by Mitchell (1978, 1981). Weston (1982), Feng and Zheng (1985), and Feng et al. (1986) indicated that <i>macrotis</i> is a distinct species. Whether the co-type from "Doba" in the Natural History Museum (London) is from C Tibet or W Xinjiang is uncertain.
description: Published as part of <i>Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 807-827 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 810, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353088
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