Ochotona roylii

(Ogilby, 1839)

Royle's Pika

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Royle's Illus. Botany…Himalaya 2:69, pl. 4 [erroneously labeled Lagomys alpinus] ]

Original name as described

Lagomys roylii

Other common names

Himalayan Pika

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.326

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40e4997c-1bb7-4d23-b0fa-9d2b1bda14f3

Type locality

"Choor Mountain [= Choor Chandni Peak]," Shimla Himachal Pradesh, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Nepal · China

Taxonomy notes

often spelt as roylei, but the original spelling of roylii is retained here; includes himalayana, although it may still be a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Wang, X., Liang, D., Jin, W., Tang, M., Liu, S., & Zhang, P. (2020). Out of Tibet: Genomic Perspectives on the Evolutionary History of Extant Pikas. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(6), 1577-1592.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001174

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 himalayana

Feng Tsochien, 1973

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

himalayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BIZ 0042

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

69, 73

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Sinica

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Lagomys nepalensis

(Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

nepalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.63

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e69fdf7d-04e9-4bfb-a448-1c7740404d09

Authority page

854

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758362

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Lagomys roylii

(Ogilby, 1839)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

roylii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.326

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40e4997c-1bb7-4d23-b0fa-9d2b1bda14f3

Authority page

69, pl. 4

Authority publication

book

Ochotona wardi

Bonhote, 1904

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.5.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/258c6a32-72c6-4eb9-abc0-c17ddcf282b6

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207402

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Ochotona roylei baltina

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

baltina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.7.6.129

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a37ba353-9727-4b1f-b65c-7d53a28e7cad

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689927

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ochotona forresti duoxionglaensis

Chen Xiaocheng & Li Wenjing, 2009

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

duoxionglaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NPIB 77139

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lagomys Hodgsonii

(E. Blyth, 1841)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hodgsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

817

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758323

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Ochotona (Conothoa) roylei

Lyon, 1904

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

roylei

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. Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41268/45184591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ochotona roylei nepalensis

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

nepalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Ochotona roylei roylei

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

roylei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hoffmann & Smith (2005:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)

Ochotona roylii nepalensis

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

nepalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona roylii

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

roylii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Ochotona roylii roylii

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

roylii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lagomys Roylei

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

roylei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534814

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Lagomys Nipalensis

(Hodgson, 1842)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

nipalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37127186

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Lagomys Royli

(Hodgson, 1842)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

royli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000020

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Lagomys roylei

(Blanford, 1891)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

roylei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28223386

Authority publication

London

Ochotona hodgsoni

Bonhote, 1905

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hodgsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207053

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Lagomys hodgsoni

(Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1966)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

hodgsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

450

Authority publication

London

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