Ochotona macrotis (Günther, 1875)

Robert S. Hoffmann, 1993, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 807-827 : 810

Ochotona macrotis (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] contra 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: auritus Blanford, 1875; baltina Thomas, 1922; chinensis Thomas, 1911; griseus, Blanford, 1875 ; sacana Thomas, 1914 ; sinensis, Lydekker, 1912 ; wollastoni Thomas and Hinton, 1922.

COMMENTS: Included in roylei 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 macrotis 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.