Ochotona rufescens (Gray, 1842) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:266.

TYPE LOCALITY: " India, Cabul, Rocky Hills near Baker Tomb at about 6000 or 8000 feet elevation" [Baber's (?) Tomb, Kabul, Afghanistan] .

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Baluchistan (Pakistan), Iran, Armenia, and SW Turkmenia.

STATUS: Considered a crop pest and controlled in parts of its range. However, most populations are not considered threatened. A possible exception may be the isolated population of shukurovi in the Little Balkhan Range, Turkmenia (A. T. Smith et al., 1990).

SYNONYMS: regina Thomas, 1911; shukurovi Heptner, 1961; vizier Thomas, 1911; vulturna Thomas, 1920.

COMMENTS: Includes seiana; see A. T. Smith et al. (1990) and comments under O. curzoniae .