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Definition of Genus Ochotona
1. Noun. Type genus of the Ochotonidae.
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
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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