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Ochotona (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Taxonomy
Ochotona was named by Link (1795). It is extant. Its type is Lepus dauricus. It is the type genus of Ochotonidae.

It was assigned to Ochotonidae by Link (1795), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ochotoninae by Erbajeva et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Ochotona Link
1902Ochotona Hay p. 735
1980Ochotona Kurten and Anderson p. 275
1997Ochotona McKenna and Bell
2011Ochotona Erbajeva et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyOchotonidaeThomas 1897
genusOchotonaLink 1795

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ochotona Link 1795 [pika]
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Ochotona collaris Nelson 1893
Ochotona daurica Pallas 1776
Ochotona princeps Richardson 1828 [American pika]
Ochotona spanglei Shotwell 1956
Ochotona valerotae Erbayeva et al. 2001
Ochotona whartoni Guthrie and Matthews, Jr. 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:49:04
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Nei Mongol) Ochotona sp. (13484)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) Ochotona kalfense (210536)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Ochotona eximia (75797)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Ochotona spanglei (18970)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Ochotona spanglei (18201)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Ochotona sp. (18126 18359) Ochotona spanglei (18247)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) Ochotona lagreli (78313)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Greece (Rhodes) Ochotona sp. (68046)
MN 137.246 - 4.9China (Tibet) Ochotona sp. 2, Ochotona sp. 1 (115611 115621)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Ochotona minor (75300)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan Ochotona sp. (76289)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Turkey (Central Anatolia) Ochotona mediterranensis (227995)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Romania Ochotona ursui (40796)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2China (Hebei) Ochotona lagrelii (42478)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China Ochotona sp. (13485)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Moldova) Ochotona ursui (39622)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan Ochotona sp. (34394)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Ochotona eximia (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) Ochotona sp. (76502 76551 76552)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Ochotona pseudopusilla (34110)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tibet) Ochotona sp. 2 (115620) Ochotona sp. 4 (115616)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Ochotona gromovi, Ochotona intermedia, Ochotona minor (40391)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) Ochotona antiqua (168005)
MN 144.9 - 4.2China (Tibet) Ochotona sp. 3 (115623)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Turkey (Eskişehir) Ochotona sp. (230605 230651)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine Ochotona eximia, Ochotona gigas (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Hebei) Ochotona lagrelii, Ochotona sp. (13486)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) Ochotona complicidens (231023)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Ochotona sp. (35368)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588China (Hebei) Ochotona lagrelii (43391 43396) Ochotona sp. (43208 43209 43210 43211 43213 43393)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Ochotona sp. (35370)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Ochotona sp. (35457 35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Ochotona sp. (32145 32194 32195 32198 33973 33974 34008)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Ochotona sp. (35428 35432)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ukraine Ochotona sp. (41037 41049)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Canada (Yukon) Ochotona sp. (74472)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary Ochotona sp. (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mongolia Ochotona sp. (71060)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Ochotona largerli (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Ochotona sp. (40265 40266)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hebei) Ochotona youngi (197069)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Ochotona pusilla (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Ochotona hyperborea (40264)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Cote d'Or) Ochotona sp. (49085) Ochotona sp., Ochotona valerotae (49084)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ochotona sp. (123875 124319)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Ochotona pusilla (34940)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Ochotona princeps (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Ochotona sp. (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Ochotona princeps, Ochotona princeps (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Alaska) Ochotona whartoni (20277)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nevada) Ochotona sp. (20280)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Ochotona princeps, Ochotona whartoni (20434) Ochotona whartoni (20433)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Ochotona sp. (20286 20490 20532 20552 20554)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Ochotona sp. (48581)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy (Trieste) Ochotona pusillus, Ochotona sp. (43704)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Ochotona sp. (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Turkey (Isparta) Ochotona sp. (230659)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Russian Federation (Transbaikalia) Ochotona daurica (38712)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126China (Shaanxi) Ochotona sp. (36832)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Ochotona pusilla (50196)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Canada (Yukon) Ochotona sp., Ochotona whartoni (74336) Ochotona whartoni (159681)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Czech Republic Ochotona sp. (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Turkey (Central Anatolia) Ochotona sp. (34368)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Romania Ochotona sp. (34010 34012)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Hungary Ochotona pusilla (35045 35047)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Kyrgyzstan Ochotona sp. (34448)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Ochotona pusilla (40497)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greece (Pella) Ochotona pusilla (204957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Ochotona thibetana, Ochotona huangensis (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Ochotona pusilla (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Ochotona princeps (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Ochotona princeps, Ochotona whartoni (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greece Ochotona pusilla (203847 204954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ochotona sp. (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Ochotona sp. (48587)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Ochotona princeps (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Ochotona princeps (74953 74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Utah) Ochotona princeps (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Ochotona princeps (162133)