Revision of the subspecies of the American pika, Ochotona princeps (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae)

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Hafner, David J., Smith, Andrew T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Feature Articles; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia; Alaska
• Online Access: http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/91/2/401; https://doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-277.1

Historically, a large number of taxonomic forms has been recognized within Nearctic pikas (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae; Ochotona ), including up to 13 species and 37 subspecies. After 1965, 2 species and 37 forms have been recognized: the monotypic O. collaris of Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon, and Nor...