†Ochotona whartoni Guthrie and Matthews, Jr. 1971 (pika)
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Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Full reference: R. D. Guthrie and J. V. Matthews, Jr. 1971. The Cape Deceit fauna—Early pleistocene mammalian assemblage from the Alaskan arctic. Quaternary Research 1(4):474-510
Belongs to Ochotona according to J. E. Storer 2004
See also Guthrie and Matthews 1971 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Ochotona collaris, Ochotona daurica, Ochotona princeps, Ochotona spanglei, Ochotona valerotae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (5: Yukon collections), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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