Taxonomic notes on some Late Cenozoic and Recent lagomorphs (Mammalia)
A.O. Averianov
Abstract. Ochotona dauurica (Pallas, 1776) is the correct spelling instead of the commonly used “daurica”. Hypolagus schreuderae Teilhard de Chardin, 1940 = “Lepus” youngi Bohlin, 1942, syn. n. Ochotona birgerbohlini nom. n. is proposed for O. lagreli minor Bohlin, 1942, a junior homonym of O. minor Link, 1795 [= O. dauurica (Pallas, 1776)]. The spellings of Hypolagus schreuderi Teilhard de Chardin, 1940, Megalagus dawsoni Black, 1961, Cuyamalagus dawsoni Hutchison in Hutchison & Lindsay, 1974, and Ochotona gromovi Erbajeva in Basarov et al., 1976 are corrected into H. schreuderae, M. dawsonae, C. dawsonae, and O. gromovorum respectively. Megalagus primtivus (Schlaikjer, 1935) = M. dawsonae Black, 1961, syn. n. Gripholagomys Green, 1972 = Cuyamalagus Hutchion in Hutchion & Lindsay, 1974, syn. n., resulting in Gripholagomus dawsonae (Hutchion, 1974), comb. n. Prolagomys sibiricus Erbajeva, 1975 is not a nomen nudum and available as P. sibiricus Erbajeva in Basarov et al., 1976, but both the generic and specific names are junior synonyms of Ochotonoides Teihard de Chardin & Young, 1931 and O. complicidens (Boule & Teilhard de Chardin, 1928) respectively. The name Microlagomys aktogaiensis Savinov in Kozhamkulova, Savinov & Suslov, 1981 [= Pseudoochotona prima Kozhamkulova & Orlovskaya, 1971, nomen nudum] is unavailable; the correct name of this taxon is Ochotona pussila aktogaiensis (Kozhamkulova & Savinov, 1984). Pseudobellatona V. Topachevskii, Nesin & I. Topachevskii, 1993 and P. relicta V. Topachevskii, Nesin & I. Topachevskii, 1993 are nomina dubia; the nominal taxon is reffered to Lagomorpha incertae sedis.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1998, 7(2): 323–325 ▪ Published in print 27 November 1998
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