Ochotona sikimaria
O. Thomas, 1922
Sijin Pika
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Lagomorpha |
| Family | : Ochotonidae |
| Genus | : Ochotona |
| Subgenus | : Ochotona |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1922-02-01. On some new forms of Ochotona. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9(50):187-193.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689930Original name as described
Ochotona sikimaria
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1915.9.1.231
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9fa8120c-3bd4-4879-a56f-e28e0a55a043Type locality
Lachen, 8800 ft, Sikkim, India.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
India · Bhutan · China
Taxonomy notes
split from O. thibetana
Taxonomy notes citation
Dahal, N., Lissovsky, A.A., Solari, K., Hadly, E.A., Zhan, X., Ramakrishnan, U. 2017. Genetics, morphology and ecology reveal a cryptic pika lineage in the Sikkim Himalaya. Molecular Phylogenetics 106: 55-60. · 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
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