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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Ochotonidae
--> GENUS Ochotona
--> SUBGENUS Conothoa
SPECIES Ochotona (Conothoa) roylei
| Author: | Ogilby, 1839. | | Citation: | Royle's Illus. Botany...Himalaya, 2: 69, pl. 4 [erroneously labeled "Lagomys alpinus"]. | | Common Name: | Royle’s Pika | | Type Locality: | "Choor Mountain, Lat. 30. Elev. 11,500[ft]", [60 mi. (96 km) N of Saharanpur; 3505 m], Punjab, India. | | Distribution: | Himalayan Mtns in NW Pakistan and India to Nepal; adjacent Tibet (China). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Conothoa. Includes angdawai and mitchelli, but not forresti and himalayana, which are here provisionally considered distinct; see comments therein. O. hodgsoni Blyth, 1841 is traditionally placed here, but based on the original description it is a synonym of nubrica. |
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