OCHOTONIDAE, Thomas, 1897

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Ochotonidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 28-43 : 28

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6619785

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6617933

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scientific name

OCHOTONIDAE
status

 

Family OCHOTONIDAE View in CoL

(PIKAS)

• Small, tailless, hamsterlike, herbivorous lagomorphs with two pairs of incisors (one behind the other), large rounded ears, and soft fur.

° 10-25 cm. View Figure

• Holarctic Region. View Figure

• Semi-desert, steppe, meadows, and forest in mountains, from elevations as low as 100 m to alpine zones at 5700 m. •

• 1 genus, 29 species, 62 extant taxa.

• 1 species Critically Endangered, 3 species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Ochotonidae

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