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Ochotona princeps (American pika)
Taxonomy
Lepus princeps was named by Richardson (1828). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Ochotona alpina by Corbet (1978); it was recombined as Ochotona princeps by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Weston (1981), Mead and Grady (1996).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ochotona alpina by Corbet (1978); it was recombined as Ochotona princeps by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Weston (1981), Mead and Grady (1996).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Lepus princeps Richardson |
| 1980 | Ochotona princeps Kurten and Anderson p. 276 |
| 1981 | Ochotona princeps Weston |
| 1996 | Ochotona princeps Mead and Grady |
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Ochotona princeps Richardson 1828 [American pika]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvingtonian | Canada (Yukon) | Ochotona princeps (20434) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Ochotona princeps (20302) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Ochotona princeps (20477 20559) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Ochotona princeps (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Colorado) | Ochotona princeps (74953 74954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Ochotona princeps (93528) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Ochotona princeps (20626) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Ochotona princeps (93326) | |
| Holocene | USA (Montana) | Ochotona princeps (162133) |