Ochotona syrinx

O. Thomas, 1911

Tsing-ling 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911. Mammals collected in southern Shen-si, central China, by Mr. Malcolm Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's exploration of eastern Asia. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 95:26-27.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252473

Original name as described

Ochotona syrinx

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.1.59

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1cb8192b-1f8d-4857-8248-e8c70384b919

Type locality

"Tai-pei-san [= Taibai Shan]," Taibai County, Baoji, Shaanxi, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

has included O. sacraria and has been included under huangensis (now a synonym of dauurica); includes dabashanensis and xunhuaensis

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001179

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 syrinx

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

syrinx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.1.59

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1cb8192b-1f8d-4857-8248-e8c70384b919

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252473

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87948175/87948187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ochotona xunhuaensis

Shou Zhongcan & Feng Zuojian, 1984

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

xunhuaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IRCLD 83042

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

151

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Name usages

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

Ochotona syrinx syrinx

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

syrinx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona syrinx xunhuaensis

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

xunhuaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona dabashanensis

Liu Shaoying, Jin Wei, Liao Rui, Sun Zhiyu, & Fu Jianrong in Liu Shaoying, Jin Wei, Liao Rui, Sun Zhiyu, Zeng Tao, Fu Jianrong, Liu Yang, Wang Xin, Li Panfeng, Tang Mingkun, Chen Limin, Dong Li, Han Mingde, & Gou Dan, 2017

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

dabashanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

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