Ochotona Link 1795 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Parent taxon: Ochotonidae according to Link 1795

See also Erbajeva et al. 2011, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Amphilagus, Bellatona, Bohlinotona, Cuyamalagus, Gripholagomys, Hesperolagomys, Ochotoninae, Oklahomalagus, Paludotona, Piezodus, Praotherium palatinum, Prolagus, Russellagus, Sinolagomyinae, Titanomys

Subtaxa: Ochotona collaris Ochotona daurica Ochotona princeps Ochotona spanglei Ochotona valerotae Ochotona whartoni

View classification

Type: Lepus dauricus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (7: Alberta, Yukon), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Greece (3), Hungary (9), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1), Romania (9), the Russian Federation (6), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

• Pliocene of China (15), Hungary (2), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (3), Ukraine (5)

• MN 13 of China (2), Greece (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (5: Nebraska, Oregon)

• Miocene of China (2), Moldova (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 116 collections including 129 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.