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
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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