Ochotona rufescens

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Afghan 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

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324290

Original name as described

Lagomys rufescens

Other common names

Kopet Dag Afghan Pika · Shurukov's Afghan Pika

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.30.3, BMNH:Mamm:1844.9.15.9

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40af7c65-125b-42d0-9a26-0cc3e18d67b3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/515811a9-a32b-47f0-b114-3238476f9597

Type locality

"India, Cabul, Rocky Hills near Baker Tomb, at about 6000 or 8000 feet elevation," Kabul, Afghanistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Turkmenistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan

Taxonomy notes

previously included O. vizier

Taxonomy notes citation

Mohammadi, Z., Ghorbani, F., Aliabadian, M., Lissovsky, A. A., Yazdani Moghaddam, F., & Olsson, U. (2022). Multilocus phylogeny reveals habitat driven cryptic diversity in Ochotona rufescens (Ochotonidae). Zoologica Scripta.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001175

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.

Lagomys rufescens

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.30.3, BMNH:Mamm:1844.9.15.9

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40af7c65-125b-42d0-9a26-0cc3e18d67b3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/515811a9-a32b-47f0-b114-3238476f9597

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324290

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ochotona rufescens regina

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

regina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b832fc88-2ae6-4d7f-94c9-f2c3ce20c842

Authority page

762

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617575

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona rufescens vulturna

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

vulturna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.11.8.57

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/15991d8c-4a94-4cc4-a6be-bdb8476c4dcd

Authority page

937

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050598

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Ochotona rufescens shukurovi

Heptner, 1961

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

shukurovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-52135

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-52135

Authority page

621

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

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

Ochotona rufescens

Lyon, 1904

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

rufescens

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

  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. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41269/45184750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ochotona rufescens rufescens

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

rufescens

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 (2016:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona rufescens shukurovoi

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

shukurovoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

vulturina

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

vulturina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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