Ochotona himalayana Feng, 1973 . Acta Zool. Sinica, 19:69, 73.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Qu-xiang, Bo-qu Valley, Nei-la-mu [= Nyalam] District, alt. 3500 m." [Xigaze (Shigatse) County, Xizang (Tibet), China].

DISTRIBUTION: Mt. Jolmolunga (Everest) area, S Xizang, China; probably adjacent Nepal.

STATUS: Unknown.

SYNONYMS: Monotypic.

COMMENTS: This taxon was considered a synonym of O. roylei by Corbet (1978c) and Weston (1982). Additional data (Feng and Zheng, 1985; Feng et al., 1986) suggest that it may be an independent species. However, its range is within that of the similar O. roylei nepalensis, and additional studies are necessary to confirm its specific distinctness.