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Ochotona princeps (American pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

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) and Mead and Grady (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. antiqua, O. eximia, O. hyperborea, O. lagreli, O. lagrelii, O. largerli, O. pusilla, O. ursui

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Lepus princeps Richardson
1980Ochotona princeps Kurten and Anderson p. 276
1981Ochotona princeps Weston
1996Ochotona princeps Mead and Grady

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyOchotonidaeThomas 1897
genusOchotonaLink 1795
speciesprinceps(Richardson 1828)

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.

Ochotona princeps Richardson 1828 [American pika]
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Ochotona princeps (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Ochotona princeps (20434)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Ochotona princeps (20302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Ochotona princeps (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Ochotona princeps (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Ochotona princeps (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Ochotona princeps (74953 74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Ochotona princeps (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Ochotona princeps (162133)