Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla (Pallas 1769)

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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scientific name	Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla (Pallas 1769)
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[Lepus] pusilla Pallas 1769 , Nova Comm. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petropoli, 13: 531.

Type Locality: "in campis circa Volgam..."; restricted by Ognev (1940) to Samarsk Steppe, near Buzuluk, left bank of Samara River [Orenburgsk Obl. Russia].

Vernacular Names: Steppe Pika.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla subsp. pusilla Pallas 1769

Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla subsp. angustifrons Argyropulo 1932

Distribution: Steppes from middle Volga ( Russia), east and south through N Kazakhstan to upper Irtysh River and Chinese border. Not yet recorded in China.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable (classification refers to subspecies O. p. pusilla only; Formozov, pers. comm).

Discussion: Subgenus Ochotona ( Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951) . Formerly included O. nubrica (= lama ), O. forresti , and O. osgoodi (a subspecies of thibetana ); see comments therein.