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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER LAGOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Ochotonidae
--> GENUS Ochotona
--> SUBGENUS Ochotona
SPECIES Ochotona (Ochotona) pusilla
| Author: | Pallas, 1769. | | Citation: | Nova Comm. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petropoli, 13: 531. | | Common Name: | Steppe Pika | | Type Locality: | "in campis circa Volgam..."; restricted by Ognev (1940) to Samarsk Steppe, near Buzuluk, left bank of Samara River [Orenburgsk Obl. Russia]. | | Distribution: | Steppes from middle Volga (Russia), east and south through N Kazakhstan to upper Irtysh River and Chinese border. Not yet recorded in China. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable (classification refers to subspecies O. p. pusilla only; Formozov, pers. comm). | | Comments: | Subgenus Ochotona (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951). Formerly included O. nubrica (= lama), O. forresti, and O. osgoodi (a subspecies of thibetana); see comments therein. |
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