Himalayan Pika – Ochotona himalayana

Ochotona himalayanaFeng, 1973

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Conothoa. This taxon was considered a synonym of O. roylei by Corbet (1978c), Weston (1982) and Formozov (1997). Additional data (Feng and Zheng, 1985; Feng et al., 1986) suggested that it might be an independent species, but its range was within that of the similar O. roylei nepalensis. Additional studies (Yu et al., 2000) have now confirmed its specific distinctness.

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.