Ochotona (Conothoa) ladacensis Günther 1875

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 : 190

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Ochotona (Conothoa) ladacensis Günther 1875 View in CoL

Ochotona (Conothoa) ladacensis Günther 1875 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16: 231.

Type Locality: "Chagra, 14000 feet above the sea" [Changra, Ladak, Kashmir, India; 4267 m].

Vernacular Names: Ladak Pika.

Distribution: SW Xinjiang, Qinghai, E Tibet ( China); Kashmir ( India); Pakistan.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Conothoa ; but see Niu et al. (2001), who placed it in subgenus Pika as sister to the erythrotis group. See also koslowi above. Broadly sympatric with curzoniae on the Tibetan Plateau, though not so widely distributed.