Ochotona argentata

A. B. Howell, 1928

Silver Pika

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Ochotonidae
Genus : Ochotona
Subgenus : Pika

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Howell, A.B. 1928-06-29. New Asiatic mammals collected by F. R. Wulsin. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41:115-119.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645551

Original name as described

Ochotona (Pika) alpina argentata

Other common names

Helan Shan Pika

Type material

USNM:MAMM:240726

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30ab5c394-528d-4503-8f87-f5cfa669a540

Type locality

"15 miles north-northwest of Ninghsia [Yinchuan], northern Kansu, China," Ningxia, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001150

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Ochotona (Pika) alpina argentata

A. B. Howell, 1928

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:240726

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30ab5c394-528d-4503-8f87-f5cfa669a540

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645551

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Ochotona argentata

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41986/45194521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ochotona helanshanensis

Zheng Tao in Wang Xiangtin, 1990

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

helanshanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Yinchuan

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

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