Ochotona mantchurica

O. Thomas, 1909

Manchurian 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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1909-12-01. A collection of mammals from northern and central Mantchuria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(24):500-505.

Original name as described

Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea mantchurica

Other common names

Skorodumov's Pika

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.5.1.82

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Khingan… at the point where the Siberian Railway cuts the range," Bokhedu, Yakeshi City District, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia (=Nei Mongol), China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Russia

Taxonomy notes

split from O. hyperborea and includes some poplulations previously included under O. alpina

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

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