Family Ochotonidae (Noun)
Meaning
Pikas and extinct forms.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Pikas are small mammals that belong to the family Ochotonidae, with several species found in mountain ranges across the world.
- Fossil records of the family Ochotonidae provide evidence of the evolution of pikas and extinct forms that once inhabited various regions.
- The family Ochotonidae consists of a single living genus, Ochotona, but also includes several extinct genera that are known from fossil remains.
- In the Paleocene epoch, early members of the family Ochotonidae were small, multimolar-toothed mammals that likely fed on plant material.
- The extinct genus Albertona belongs to the family Ochotonidae and is known from fossil remains found in North America, dating back to the Eocene epoch.