Ochotona collaris

(E. W. Nelson, 1893)

Collared Pika

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Location:USA, AK, Denali National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1993

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Ochotonidae
Subfamily : Ochotoninae
Genus : Ochotona
Subgenus : Pika

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Nelson, E.W. 1893-12-21. Description of a new species of Lagomys from Alaska. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 8:117-120.

Original name as described

Lagomys collaris

Type material

USNM:MAMM:14384 (= USNM:MAMM:A36297)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"about 200 miles south of Fort Yukon, Alaska, near the head of the Tanana River, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Canada

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

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