Ochotona
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom earlier Ogotona, commonly explained as deriving from Mongolian огдой (ogdoj, “pika”), however the form of the word resembles оготно (ogotno, “field mouse”) more.
Proper noun
editOchotona f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ochotonidae – the pikas.
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Ochotona dauurica - type species; Ochotona iliensis, Ochotona princeps - selected species; for other species see Ochotona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies