Ochotona Link 1795
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Lagomorpha
Ochotonidae
Ochotona

description: Ochotona Link 1795
Ochotona Link 1795, Beitr. Naturgesch., 2: 74.
Type Species: Ochotona minor Link 1795
Synonyms: Abra Gray 1863; Abrama Strand 1928; Argyrotona Rekovetz 1988; Buchneria Erbajeva 1988; Lagomys G. Cuvier 1800; Lagotona Kretzoi 1941; Ogotoma Gray 1867; Tibetholagus Argyropulo and Pidoplichko 1939; Tibetolagus Argyropulo 1948.
Species and subspecies: 30 species with 52 subspecies in 3 subgenera:
Subgenus Ochotona (Ochotona) Link 1795
Subgenus Ochotona (Pika) Lácèpde 1799
Subgenus Ochotona (Conothoa) Lyon 1904
Species Ochotona (Pika) alpina (Pallas 1773)
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) alpina subsp. alpina Pallas 1773
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) alpina subsp. changaica Ognev 1940
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) alpina subsp. cinereofusca Schrenk 1858
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) alpina subsp. sushkini Thomas 1924
Species Ochotona (Pika) argentata Howell 1928
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) cansus Lyon 1907
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) cansus subsp. cansus Lyon 1907
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) cansus subsp. morosa Thomas 1912
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) cansus subsp. sorella Thomas 1908
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) cansus subsp. stevensi Osgood 1932
Species Ochotona (Pika) collaris Nelson 1893
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) curzoniae Hodgson 1857
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) dauurica (Pallas 1776)
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) dauurica subsp. dauurica Pallas 1776
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) dauurica subsp. annectens Miller 1911
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) dauurica subsp. bedfordi Thomas 1908
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) dauurica subsp. mursavi Bannikov 1951
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) erythrotis Büchner 1890
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) forresti Thomas 1923
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) gaoligongensis Wang, Gong, and Duan 1988
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) gloveri Thomas 1922
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) gloveri subsp. gloveri Thomas 1922
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) gloveri subsp. brookei Allen 1937
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) gloveri subsp. calloceps Pen et al. 1962
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) himalayana Feng 1973
Species Ochotona (Pika) hoffmanni Formosov et al. 1996
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) huangensis Matschie 1908
Species Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea Pallas 1811
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. hyperborea Pallas 1811
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. cinereoflava Schrenk 1858
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. coreana Allen and Andrews 1913
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. ferruginea Schrenk 1858
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. mantchurica Thomas 1909
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. normalis Schrenk 1858
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. uralensis Flerov 1927
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. yesoensis Kishida 1930
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea subsp. yoshikurai Kishida 1932
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) iliensis Li and Ma 1986
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) koslowi Büchner 1894
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) ladacensis Günther 1875
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis Günther 1875
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis subsp. macrotis Günther 1875
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis subsp. auritus Blanford 1875
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis subsp. chinensis Thomas 1911
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis subsp. sacana Thomas 1914
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) macrotis subsp. wollastoni Thomas and Hinton 1922
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) muliensis Pen and Feng 1962
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) nigritia Gong et al. 2000
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica Thomas 1922
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica subsp. nubrica Thomas 1922
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) nubrica subsp. lhasaensis Feng and Kao 1974
Species Ochotona (Pika) pallasi Gray 1867
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) pallasi subsp. pallasi Gray 1867
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) pallasi subsp. hamica Thomas 1912
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) pallasi subsp. pricei Thomas 1911
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) pallasi subsp. sunidica Ma et al. 1980
Species Ochotona (Pika) princeps Richardson 1828
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) princeps subsp. princeps Richardson 1828
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) princeps subsp. figginsi Allen 1912
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) princeps subsp. saxatilis Bangs 1899
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) princeps subsp. schisticeps Merriam 1889
Subspecies Ochotona (Pika) princeps subsp. taylori Grinnell 1912
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla (Pallas 1769)
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla subsp. pusilla Pallas 1769
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla subsp. angustifrons Argyropulo 1932
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) roylei Ogilby 1839
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) roylei subsp. roylei Ogilby 1839
Subspecies Ochotona (Conothoa) roylei subsp. nepalensis Hodgson 1841
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) rufescens Gray 1842
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) rufescens subsp. rufescens Gray 1842
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) rufescens subsp. regina Thomas 1911
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) rufescens subsp. shukurovoi Heptner 1961
Species Ochotona (Conothoa) rutila Severtzov 1873
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) thibetana Milne-Edwards 1871
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) thibetana subsp. thibetana Milne-Edwards 1871
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) thibetana subsp. nangqenica Zheng et al. 1980
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) thibetana subsp. osgoodi Anthony 1941
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) thibetana subsp. sacraria Thomas 1923
Subspecies Ochotona (Ochotona) thibetana subsp. sikimaria Thomas 1922
Species Ochotona (Ochotona) thomasi Argyropulo 1948
Species Ochotona (Pika) turuchanensis Naumov 1934
Discussion: There have been no grounds for recognizing subgenera due to lack of a phylogenetic analysis of specific relationships within the genus. The subgeneric classifications published (e.g., Allen, 1938; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Erbajeva, 1988; Ognev, 1940) differ dramatically, even when based on the same distinguishing characteristics (morphology of dentition and of incisive and palatal foramina). However, a recent phylogenetic analysis (Yu et al., 2000) based on molecular sequencing, divides the genus into three groups. These were termed "shrub-steppe", "mountain" and "northern". The shrub steppe group includes 7 species that had previously been placed in subgenus Ochotona; those in the northern group (N=5) in subgenus Pika; and 7 species in the mountain group had been placed in either subgenus, though predominately in Ochotona. The oldest available name for this third subgenus might appear to be Lagomys Cuvier, 1800, but the name is unavailable since Palmer (1904:361) fixed the type as Ochotona (Pika) alpina Pallas. Moreover, both Cuvier’s and Olgilby’s (1839) Lagomys are junior homonyms of Lagomys Storr, 1780, which was a renaming of Arctomys Schreber, 1780, which in turn became a junior synonym of Marmota Blumenbach, 1779 (I. Ya. Pavlinov, pers. comm.). The earliest available name for the third subgenus thus becomes Conothoa Lyon, 1904, type species O. roylei. The name is a rearrangement of the letters in " Ochotona ". Reviewed by Sokolov et al. (1994). Considerable confusion remains as to the placement of subspecies within species and the independence of some species.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 185-211 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 185, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519