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--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Ochotonidae
--> GENUS Ochotona
--> SUBGENUS Pika
SPECIES Ochotona (Pika) hyperborea
| Author: | Pallas, 1811. | | Citation: | Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1: 152. | | Common Name: | Northern Pika | | Type Locality: | "... e terris Tschuktschicis," [Chukotsk peninsula (Ognev, 1940:41), Chukotsk AO, Russia]. | | Distribution: | Ural, Putorana, Sayan Mtns, east of Lena River to Chukotka, Koryatsk and Kamchatka; upper Yenesei, Transbaikalia, and Amur regions, Sakhalin Isl (Russia); NC Mongolia; NE China; N Korea; Hokkaido (Japan). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); the subspecies yesoensis is considered to be rare on Hokkaido, Japan. | | Comments: | Subgenus Pika. Formerly included in alpina; see A. T. Smith et al. (1990), and references therein. Differences in morphology and vocalizations are noticeable where hyperborea and alpina are sympatric in the W Sayan Mtns, Khangai Mtns, and Transbaikalia, and character displacement in size is also evident in some populations (Lissovsky and Lissovskaya, 2000; A. T. Smith et al., 1990). The original Pallas citation was printed and privately circulated in 1811, but not published for general distribution until 1826. Subspecies follow Lissovsky; formerly included O. turuchanensis Naumov 1934, which is considered a separate species (Lissovsky, 2002). |
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