Ochotona rutila

(Severtzov, 1873)

Turkestan Red 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

Severtzov, N.A. 1873. Вертикальное и горизонтальное распределение туркестанских животных. Известия Императорского Общества Любителей Естествознания 8(2):1-157.

Original name as described

Lagomys rutilus

Other common names

Red Pika

Type material

ZMMU S-11074

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"в горах у Вернаго, на высоте 7–8000 футов" (= in mountains near Verniy [Almaty], at elevations of 7–8000 feet), Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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