Lepus yarkandensis Günther, 1875 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16:229.

TYPE LOCALITY: "neighbourhood of Yarkand" [15 mi E, Xinjiang, China] .

DISTRIBUTION: Steppes of Tarim Basin, S Xinjiang (China), around edge of Takla Makan desert.

STATUS: Presently secure (Flux and Angermann, 1990).

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: Placed in subgenus Tarimolagus by Gureev (1964:147); but see Xu (1986). Reviewed by Angermann (1967) and Gao (1983).