Ochotona thibetana
(A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871)
Moupin Pika
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Lagomorpha |
Family | : Ochotonidae |
Genus | : Ochotona |
Subgenus | : Ochotona |
Species status
Authority citation
David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin):75-100.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517Original name as described
Lagomys thibetanus
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-33
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-33Type locality
"Moupin [= Baoxing]," Baoxing County, Ya'an, Sichuan, China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · Myanmar
Taxonomy notes
previously included scararia and sikimaria
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. · Lissovsky, A.A., Yatsentyuk, S.P., Ge, D. 2016. Phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of pikas Ochotona pallasii and O. argentata (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). Zootaxa 45(6): 583-594. · Lissovsky, A. A., Yatsentyuk, S. P., & Koju, N. P. (2019). Multilocus phylogeny and taxonomy of pikas of the subgenus Ochotona (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae). Zoologica Scripta, 48(1), 1-16.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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