Ochotona curzoniae

(B. H. Hodgson, 1857)

Plateau Pika

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hodgson, B.H. 1857. On a new Lagomys and a new Mustela inhabiting the north region of Sikim and the proximate parts of Tibet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 26(3):207-208.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40262867

Original name as described

Lagomys Curzoniæ

Other common names

Black-lipped Pika

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.24.99

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4d60c994-add4-4b04-a539-f5130f9d42a9

Type locality

"district of Chumbi," Yadong County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · India · Nepal?

Taxonomy notes

includes seiana as a synonym, which was previously under O. rufescens based on type locality, but the type specimen clearly represents a geographically mislabeled curzoniae

Taxonomy notes citation

Lissovsky, A. A., Yatsentyuk, S. P., & Koju, N. P. (2019). Multilocus phylogeny and taxonomy of pikas of the subgenus Ochotona (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae). Zoologica Scripta, 48(1), 1-16.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001154

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.

Lagomys Curzoniæ

(B. H. Hodgson, 1857)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

curzoniae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.24.99

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4d60c994-add4-4b04-a539-f5130f9d42a9

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40262867

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1857:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40262867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68921)
  2. Hodgson (1858:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2360698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17295)
  3. Jerdon (1867:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Lagomys melanostomus

(Büchner, 1890)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

melanostoma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2719

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758298

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Büchner (1891:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68987)

Ochotona (Ochotona) curzoniæ

Lyon, 1904

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

curzoniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Thomas (1918:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)
  3. Argiropulo (1948:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68847)
  4. Gureyev (1964:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60088)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Hoffmann (1993:808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  9. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  10. Smith & Xie (2008:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  11. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41258/160699229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ochotona (Ochotona) melanostoma

Lyon, 1904

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

melanostoma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Hoffmann & Smith (2005:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Ochotona curzoniae seiana

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

seiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.2.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0e1f616d-1e89-4ffe-a118-4fdcc2383099

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689928

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ochotona curzoniae curzoniae

D. E. Wilson, Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

curzoniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona curzoniae melanostoma

D. E. Wilson, Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

melanostoma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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