Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica Thomas 1922

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 .