Ochotona (Pika) alpina

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Lagomorpha; Ochotonidae; Ochotona; Ochotona alpina; Krasnoyarsk Krai
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11333067; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FE256649EABDE93FF274B86B896CAB56

Ochotona (Pika) alpina (Pallas 1773) [Lepus] alpinus Pallas 1773, Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, Vol. 2: 701. Type Locality: "in Alpinus, rupestribus Sibiriae". Restricted by Ognev (1940:23) to Kazakhstan, Altai Mtns, Vostocho-Kazakhstansk Obl., Tigiretskoe Range, vic. of Tigiretskoe [110 km NNW Ust-Kamenogorsk]. Not Tigiretskoe, ESE Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Vernacular Names: Alpine Pika. Subspecies:: 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 Distribution: Sayan and Altai Mtns; Khangai, Kentei and associated ranges; upper Amur drainage (NW Kazakhstan, S Russia, NW Mongolia); N Xinjiang (China). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Isolated montane populations in Mongolia may be threatened (A. T. Smith et al., 1990). Discussion: Subgenus Pika . Formerly included hyperborea but see Ivanitskaya (1985) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Sokolov and Orlov (1980:79) considered hyperborea a distinct species with a distribution overlapping that of alpina in the Khangai and Kentei Mtns, Mongolia. Separate specific status was supported by differences in chromosome numbers (Vorontsov and Ivanitskaya, 1973). The race sushkini , formerly assigned to O. pallasi , is a subspecies of alpina (see A. T. Smith et al., 1990, and references therein; see Niu et al., 2001, for contrary view). Does not include collaris or princeps , see Weston (1981). Formerly included argentata , but see Erbajeva (1997), Formozov (1997), and Formozov et al. (In Press) who gave it full species status on the basis of morphology, chromosome number and acoustic behavior. 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: ...