Phylogenetic position of the northern pika Ochotona hyperborea in Hokkaido, Japan based on mitochondrial COI sequences

• Published in: Mammal research Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 399 - 405
• Main Authors: Sakiyama, Tomoki, Kamiyama, Shumpei, Kawai, Kuniko, Ohari, Yuma, Matsuno, Keita, Ohdachi, Satoshi D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; COI; Cytochrome-c oxidase; Eurasia; Evolutionary Biology; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; genes; Genetic diversity; Genetic relationship; genetic variation; Japan; Life Sciences; mitochondria; monophyly; Ochotona; Ochotona hyperborea; Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis; oxidoreductases; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Population genetics; Sampling; Short Communication; species; Taxonomy; Zoology; Japan; Eurasia; COI; Taxonomy; Phylogeny

The northern pika Ochotona hyperborea is found in eastern Eurasia including the island populations in Sakhalin and Hokkaido. Taxonomically, the population in Hokkaido, Japan is treated as a subspecies O. h. yesoensis . However, the phylogenetic position of the Hokkaido population has not been thorou...