Oreolagus wallacei Dawson 1965 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Full reference: M. R. Dawson. 1965. Oreolagus and other Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Colorado, Wyoming, and Oregon. University of Colorado Studies: Series in Earth Sciences 1:1-36

Belongs to Oreolagus according to M. R. Dawson 1965

Sister taxa: Oreolagus colteri, Oreolagus nebrascensis, Oreolagus nevadensis, Oreolagus wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Beatty Buttes, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Oregon

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Beatty Buttes

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