A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha — John Shaqi
A Synopsis of the North American LagomorphaHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Lagomorpha; Mammals -- North America
1. North of 58° N latitude; underparts creamy white, without buffy
wash; an indistinct grayish "collar" on shoulders
_collaris_, p. 126
1´. South of 58° N latitude; underparts washed with buff; no grayish
"collar" on shoulders
_princeps_, p. 127
=Ochotona collaris= (Nelson)
Collared Pika
1893. _Lagomys collaris_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 8:117,
December 21, type from near head of Tanana River, Alaska.
1897. [_Ochotona_] _collaris_, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ...,
p. 648
_Marginal records._--Alaska: Mt. McKinley (A. H. Howell, 1924:36).
Yukon: head of Coal Creek, Ogilvie Mountains (_ibid._). Mackenzie:
mile 63E on Little Keel River, Canol Road (Anderson, 1947:94).
Yukon: _Macmillan Pass, mile 282, Canol Road_ (_ibid._); Ross River,
mile 96, Canol Road (_ibid._); vic. Teslin Lake (A. H. Howell,
1924:36). British Columbia: Tagish Lake (_ibid._); Stonehouse Creek,
5½ mi. W jct. Stonehouse Creek and Kelsall River (29088 KU). Alaska:
Tanana River (A. H. Howell, 1924:36).
Upper parts Drab to Light Drab; underparts creamy white; grayish
patch on nape and shoulders; skull broad; tympanic bullae large;
total length 189; hind foot, 30.
=Ochotona princeps=
Pika
Total length, 162-216; hind foot, 25-35; weight of _O. p. tulelata_, 6 ♂
121 (108-128), 2 ♀ 121 and 129 grams. Upper parts varying from grayish
to Cinnamon-Buff depending on the subspecies; underparts with wash of
buff. Eight Nevadan females had an average of 3.1 (2-4) embryos. The
mode was 3.
OCHOTONA PRINCEPS ALBATA Grinnell.
1912. _Ochotona albatus_ Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool.,
10:125, January 31, type from 11,000 ft., near Cottonwood Lakes,
Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California.
_Marginal records_ (A. H. Howell, 1924:45).--California: Bullfrog
Lake; 10,000 ft., Independence Creek; type locality; Mineral King,
E. Fork Kaweah River.
OCHOTONA PRINCEPS BROOKSI A. H. Howell.
1924. _Ochotona princeps brooksi_ A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna,
47:30, August 21, type from Sicamous, British Columbia.
_Marginal records_.--British Columbia: Mountains E Shuswap Lake
(Anderson, 1947:95); type locality; McGillivary Creek, Lillooet
Dist. (A. H. Howell, 1924:31).
OCHOTONA PRINCEPS BRUNNESCENS A. H. Howell.
1919. _Ochotona fenisex brunnescens_ A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 32:108, May 20, type from Keechelus, Kittitas County,
Washington.
1924. _Ochotona princeps brunnescens_ A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna,
47:31, September 23.
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