Definition of Genus Ochotona

1. Noun. Type genus of the Ochotonidae.

Exact synonyms: Ochotona
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Ochotonidae, Ochotonidae
Member holonyms: Little Chief Hare, Ochotona Princeps, Collared Pika, Ochotona Collaris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ochotona

genus Nuphar
genus Nuytsia
genus Nyctaginia
genus Nyctereutes
genus Nycticebus
genus Nycticorax
genus Nyctimene
genus Nymphaea
genus Nymphalis
genus Nymphicus
genus Nypa
genus Nyssa
genus Oceanites
genus Ochna
genus Ochotona (current term)
genus Ochroma
genus Ocimum
genus Octopus
genus Ocyurus
genus Odobenus
genus Odocoileus
genus Odontaspis
genus Odontoglossum
genus Odontophorus
genus Oecanthus
genus Oedogonium
genus Oenanthe
genus Oenothera
genus Oestrus

Literary usage of Genus Ochotona

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"Genus OCHOTONA (Mongol name of the Pika) Ochotona Link, Beitr. Xat., i., pt. ii., p. 74 (1795). Type O. ochotona, Revision, Lyon, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... were shown to contain a single genus, Ochotona, composed of three subgenera. The characters by which the groups are determined are found in the enamel ..."

3. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"genus Ochotona LINK. (Mongol name for the Pika.) Occiput not depressed; a process of the molar is prolonged almost to the ear; ..."

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