Ochotona sacraria

O. Thomas, 1923

Sacred Pika

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1923-06-01. On mammals from the Li-kiang Range, Yunnan, being a further collection obtained by Mr. George Forrest. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)11(66):655-663.

Original name as described

Ochotona thibetana sacraria

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.258

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mt Omi-san, Omi-hsien, 9500 ft, S Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from O. thibetana; has also been included under O. syrinx

Taxonomy notes citation

Lissovsky, A.A. 2014. Taxonomic revision of pikas Ochotona (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) at the species level. Mammalia 78(2): 199–216. · Liu, S. Y., Jin, W., Liao, R., Sun, Z. Y., Zeng, T., Fu, J. R., ... & Chen, L. M. (2017). Phylogenetic study of Ochotona based on mitochondrial Cyt b and morphology with a description of one new subgenus and five new species. Acta Theriologica Sinica, 37(1), 1-43. · 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

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.