Ochotona hyperborea

(Pallas, 1811)

Northern 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

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114085

Original name as described

Lepus hyperboreus

Other common names

Anadyr Northern Pika · Chukchi Northern Pika · Lower Indigirka Northern Pika · Northern Baikal Northern Pika · Rusty Northern Pika · Tuva Northern Pika · Ural Northern Pika

Type locality

"terris Tschuktschicis [= lands of Chukchee]," Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · Japan

Taxonomy notes

previously included O. coreana

Taxonomy notes citation

Lissovsky, A.A. 2014. Taxonomic revision of pikas Ochotona (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) at the species level. Mammalia 78(2): 199–216.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001162

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Lepus hyperboreus

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hyperborea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114085

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Pallas (1811:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)

Lagomys hyperboreus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hyperborea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Schrenck (1859:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  3. Radde (1861:686, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  4. Radde (1862:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  5. Murray (1866:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Fitzinger (1867:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lagomys hyperboreus Var. cinereo-flava

(von Schrenck, 1859)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

cinereoflava

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN 82201

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Schrenck (1859:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)

Lagomys hyperboreus Var. cinereo-fusca

(von Schrenck, 1859)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

cinereofusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-175370

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Schrenck (1859:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)

Lagomys hyperboreus Var. ferruginea

(von Schrenck, 1859)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Schrenck (1859:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)

Lagomys hyperboreus Var. normalis

(von Schrenck, 1859)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

normalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Schrenck (1859:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)

Lagomys litoralis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1882)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

litoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7796057

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Ochotona kolymensis

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

kolymensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-19535

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-19535

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)
  2. Allen (1914:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12808592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66393)
  3. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Ochotona (Pika) hyperboreus

Lyon, 1904

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hyperborea

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

Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Ochotona (Pika) littoralis

Lyon, 1904

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

littoralis

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

Lyon (1904:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8810389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35791)

Ochotona hyperborea cinereo-fusca

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

cinereofusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097885

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16316)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hyperborea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097885

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16316)
  2. Kurtén (1968:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hoffmann (1993:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  5. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87948061/45183490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lagomys kamtschaticus

(Dybowski, 1922)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

kamtschaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

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

Ochotona svatoshi

Turov, 1924

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

svatoshi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-13325

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-13325

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Доклады Российской Академии Наук

Name usages

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

Ochotona hyperborea uralensis

Flerov, 1927

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

uralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 16107

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

138

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona kobayashii

Kishida, 1930

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

kobayashii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

372

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Ochotona ornata

Kishida, 1930

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

ornata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

372

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

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

Ochotona yesoensis

Kishida, 1930

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

yesoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UHR HUNHM06803

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Lansania

Ochotona yezoensis

Inukai, 1931

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

yezoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

210

Authority publication

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Sapporo

Ochotona yoshikurai

Kishida, 1932

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

yoshikurai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Lansania

Ochotona convexa

Kishida, 1933

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

convexa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Shyokubutsu oyobi Dobutsu

Ochotona inukaii

Kishida, 1933

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

inukaii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Botany & Zoology

Ochotona kinuta

Kishida, 1933

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

kinuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Shyokubutsu oyobi Dobutsu

Ochotona rufa

Kishida, 1933

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Botany & Zoology

Ochotona sadakei

Kishida, 1933

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

sadakei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Shyokubutsu oyobi Dobutsu

Ochotona alpina hyperborea

Gureev, 1964

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hyperborea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

259

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Gureyev (1964:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60088)

Ochotona hyperborea davanica

Sokolov, E. Yu. Ivanitskaya, Gruzdev, & Heptner, 1994

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

davanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SZM N 31867

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Ochotona hyperborea minima

Sokolov, Ivanitskaya, Gruzdev, & Heptner, 1994

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

minima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Moscow

Ochotona hyperborea shamani

Sokolov, Ivanitskaya, Gruzdev, & Heptner, 1994

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

shamani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Moscow

Ochotona hyperborea stenorostrae

Sokolov, Ivanitskaya, Gruzdev, & Heptner, 1994

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

stenorostrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Moscow

Ochotona hyperborea naumovi

Formozov & Yakhontov, 2003

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

naumovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-147731

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-147731

Authority page

492

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona hyperborea cinereoflava

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

cinereoflava

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona alpina cinereofusca

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

cinereofusca

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)

Ochotona hyperborea ferruginea

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona hyperborea hyperborea

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hyperborea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona hyperborea normalis

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

normalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

sadaki

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

sadaki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

yesoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona hyperborea yoshikurai

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

yoshikurai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Ochotona hyperborea fedoseevi

Lissovsky in Lissovsky, Obolenskaya, N. E. Dokuchaev, Okhlopkov, & Ruedas, 2021

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

fedoseevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-194595

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

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