Ochotona Link 1795 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Parent taxon: Ochotonidae according to R. Dehm 1962

See also Alroy 2002, Erbajeva et al. 2011, Eshelman et al. 2025, 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

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Type: Lepus dauricus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

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

• Villafranchian of China (8), Hungary (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

• Pliocene of Armenia (6), China (7), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (1), Türkiye (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: 123 collections including 137 occurrences

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