Ochotona opaca

Argyropulo, 1939

Kazakh 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

Argyropulo, A.I. 1939. Новая форма гобийской пищухи из Казахстана. Известия казахстанского филиала Академии Наук СССР (Серия зоологическая)1(1):31-33.

Original name as described

Ochotona pricei opaca

Type material

ZIN S. 19987

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"из б. Кедейской волости (аул № 2) б. Каркаралинского уезда" (= from former Kedeyskaya volost (aul 2) of former Karkaralinsk uyezd), Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan

Taxonomy notes

split from O. pallasii

Taxonomy notes citation

Lissovsky, A.A., Yatsentyuk, S.P., Ge, D. 2016. Phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of pikas Ochotona pallasii and O. argentata (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). Zootaxa 45(6): 583-594.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001169

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 pricei opaca

Argyropulo, 1939

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

opaca

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 19987

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Известия казахстанского филиала Академии Наук СССР

Name usages

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

Ochotona opaca

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

opaca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/99892252/99892261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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