[Lepus] alpinus Pallas 1773 , Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, Vol. 2: 701 Order Lagomorpha Wilson, Don E. Reeder, DeeAnn 7W4BS (Pallas 1773) Pallas 1773 Mammalia Ochotonidae Ochotona Animalia Lagomorpha 185 Chordata species alpina Pika     [Lepus] alpinusPallas 1773, Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, Vol. 2: 701.   Type Locality: "in Alpinus, rupestribus Sibiriae". Restricted by Ognev (1940:23)to Kazakhstan, AltaiMtns, Vostocho-Kazakhstansk Obl., Tigiretskoe Range, vic. of Tigiretskoe [ 110 kmNNW Ust-Kamenogorsk]. Not Tigiretskoe, ESE Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.   Vernacular Names: Alpine Pika.   Subspecies:: Subspecies  Ochotona (Pika) alpinasubsp. alpinaPallas 1773 Subspecies  Ochotona (Pika) alpinasubsp. changaica Ognev 1940 Subspecies  Ochotona (Pika) alpinasubsp. cinereofuscaSchrenk 1858 Subspecies  Ochotona (Pika) alpinasubsp. sushkiniThomas 1924   Distribution:Sayan and Altai Mtns; Khangai, Kentei and associated ranges; upper Amur drainage ( NW Kazakhstan, S Russia, NW Mongolia); N Xinjiang( China).   Conservation: IUCN– Lower Risk (lc). Isolated montane populations in Mongoliamay be threatened (A. T. Smith et al., 1990).   Discussion:Subgenus  Pika. Formerly included  hyperborea; but see Ivanitskaya (1985) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Sokolov and Orlov (1980:79)considered  hyperboreaa distinct species with a distribution overlapping that of  alpinain the Khangai and Kentei Mtns, Mongolia. Separate specific status was supported by differences in chromosome numbers ( Vorontsov and Ivanitskaya, 1973). The race sushkini, formerly assigned to  O. pallasi, is a subspecies of  alpina(see A. T. Smith et al., 1990, and references therein; see Niu et al., 2001, for contrary view). Does not include  collarisor  princeps, see Weston (1981). Formerly included  argentata, but see Erbajeva (1997), Formozov (1997), and Formozov et al. (In Press) who gave it full species status on the basis of morphology, chromosome number and acoustic behavior. 4867321390 Kazakhstan 185 Altay