| Ochotonidae | |
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| 👁 A gray pika with a brown chin and white ears | |
| Northern pika in Mount Nipesotsu, Hokkaido, Japan | |
| Scientific classification 👁 Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Thomas, 1897 |
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| Ochotonidae distribution | |
Ochotonidae is a family of small mammals belonging to the order Lagomorpha, which also contains the rabbits and hares. Members of the family are known as ochotonids, or more colloquially as pikas. While the only extant members of the family are those in the genus Ochotona,[2] many extinct species and genera have been assigned to the family. One such genus, Prolagus,[3] may belong to its own family, Prolagidae.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]The following taxa belong to the family Ochotonidae:[5]
- †Amphilagus
- †Bellatona
- †Bohlinotona
- †Cuyamalagus
- †Gripholagomys
- †Hesperolagomys
- Ochotona
- Subfamily †Ochotoninae
- †Oklahomalagus
- †Paludotona
- †Piezodus
- †Praotherium palatinum
- †Prolagus
- †Russellagus
- Subfamily †Sinolagomyinae
- †Titanomys
References
[edit]- ^ Ge, Deyan; Wen, Zhixin; Xia, Lin; Zhang, Zhaoqun; Erbajeva, Margarita; Huang, Chengming; Yang, Qisen (April 3, 2013). "Evolutionary History of Lagomorphs in Response to Global Environmental Change". PLOS ONE. 8 (4:e59668) e59668. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...859668G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059668. PMC 3616043. PMID 23573205. Table_S1.xls Archived 2014-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lydekker, Richard (1911). "Pica" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 575.
- ^ N. López-Martínez Paleobiogeographical history of Prolagus, a European ochotonid (Lagomorpha) Lynx, 32 (2001), pp. 215-231
- ^ Smith, A.T. & Lanier, H.C. 2019. Prolagus sardus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T18338A1737167. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T18338A1737167.en.
- ^ "Family Ochotonidae Thomas 1897 (pika)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2026-03-12.