Subspecies and Distribution. O.r.rufescensGray,1842—AfghanistanandPakistanMts. O.r.reginaThomas,1911—IranMtsandKopetDagRangeintheTurkmenistanandIranfrontier. O. r. shukurovi Heptner, 1961 — Uly Balkan (= Great Balkan) Range, SW Turkmenistan. in Ochotonidae

Subspecies and Distribution. O.r.rufescensGray,1842—AfghanistanandPakistanMts. O.r.reginaThomas,1911—IranMtsandKopetDagRangeintheTurkmenistanandIranfrontier. O. r. shukurovi Heptner, 1961 — Uly Balkan (= Great Balkan) Range, SW Turkmenistan.Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Ochotonidae, pp. 28-43 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.661978