Ochotona pusilla
(Pallas, 1769)
Steppe Pika
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Lagomorpha |
Family | : Ochotonidae |
Genus | : Ochotona |
Subgenus | : Lagotona |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1769. Descriptio Leporis Pusilli. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 13:531-538.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36913770Original name as described
Lepus pusillus
Other common names
Little Pika
Type locality
"in campis circa Volgam" (= in plains along Volga). Restricted by Chaworth-Musters in 1933 to "neighbourhood of Samara."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Russia · Kazakhstan
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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