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Collector:
William L. Abbott  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Traps set at 10,000 feet near upper edge of timberline. Grassy slopes, very rocky. Some forest birch and spruce, up to 11,500 ft. Palawar is the first valley or nullah east of the Rajdiangar pass. It becomes Atawat nullah lower down and flows into the Bandipur Stream. One or 2 small villages lower down. Lower parts of nullah densely forested with pine - good grazing in upper parts. Snow almost all gone by June 12th. The ridge bounding nullah to north rugged and rocky with some ancient moraines sloping [?] downwards. Some traps set here. Many Lagomys among the rocks.  Search this
Length - Total:
196 mm
Length - Hind Tarsus:
35 mm
Preparation:
Skin
Skull
Sex:
Male
Place:
Palawar, Jammu And Kashmir, India, Asia
Collection Date:
11 Jun 1910
Record Last Modified:
30 Jun 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae
Published Name:
Ochotona roylei
Ochotona roylei wardi
Accession Number:
053042
Other Numbers:
Mammals Field Number : 7150
USNM Number:
173344
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Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dddb3db0-95b5-47d9-9584-f21e3b401550
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_7260686