Ochotonidae

Ochotonidae
Temporal range: Miocene–Holocene,
Northern pika in Mount Nipesotsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Ochotonidae
Thomas, 1897
Genera

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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

The following taxa belong to the family Ochotonidae:[5]

  • †Amphilagus
  • †Bellatona
  • †Bohlinotona
  • †Cuyamalagus
  • †Gripholagomys
  • †Hesperolagomys
  • Ochotona
  • Subfamily †Ochotoninae
    • †Albertona
    • †Alloptox
    • †Lagopsis
    • †Marcuinomys
    • †Ochotonoides
    • †Ochotonoma
    • †Pliolagomys
    • †Proochotona
  • †Oklahomalagus
  • †Paludotona
  • †Piezodus
  • †Praotherium palatinum
  • †Prolagus
  • †Russellagus
  • Subfamily †Sinolagomyinae
    • †Austrolagomys
    • †Bellatonoides
    • †Heterolagus
    • †Kenyalagomys
    • †Oreolagus
  • †Titanomys

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Lydekker, Richard (1911). "Pica" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 575.
  3. ^ N. López-Martínez Paleobiogeographical history of Prolagus, a European ochotonid (Lagomorpha) Lynx, 32 (2001), pp. 215-231
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Family Ochotonidae Thomas 1897 (pika)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
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