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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/13955517

Original 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-1870-33

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001180

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.

Lagomys thibetanus

(A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871)

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

thibetana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-33

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

David (1871:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)

Ochotona tibetana

de Winton, 1899

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

tibetana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

577

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951620

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Argiropulo (1948:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68847)
  3. Gureyev (1964:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60088)

Ochotona zappeyi

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

zappeyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.9.13.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/39783cb0-99f8-4f59-b9bb-b6310a46fae5

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689931

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ochotona thibetana

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

thibetana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hoffmann (1993:812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69029)
  5. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41271/45185018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ochotona thibetana nangqenica

Zheng Changlin, Liu Jike, & Pi Nanlin, 1980

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

nangqenica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NPIB 0004597 6300053

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

98

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Sinica

Name usages

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

Ochotona thibetana thibetana

R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

thibetana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hoffmann & Smith (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8541)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona thibetana nanggenica

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

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

nanggenica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ochotona thibetana fengii

Lissovsky, Yatsentyuk, & Koju, 2018

Family

Ochotonidae

Root name

fengii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BIZ CAS 28071

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Zoologica Scripta

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