Ochotona princeps (English name) Ochotonaprinceps

Japanese: Ochotona princeps(英語表記)Ochotonaprinceps
Ochotona princeps (English name) Ochotonaprinceps

…A general term for mammals belonging to the genus Ochotona and the family Ochotonidae in the order Lagomorpha, or a single species of the genus. There are 17 species in this family, including the Rocky Pika ( Ochotona princeps ) and the Himalayan Pika (O. roylei ), distributed in Asia and North America, all of which are very similar. This family is a primitive, small rabbit, but its ears are small and round, about 2 cm long, and its appearance is more similar to that of a guinea pig, a rodent, than to a rabbit.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ochotona princeps" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ウサギ目ナキウサギ科ナキウサギ属に属する哺乳類の総称,またはそのうちの1種を指す。この仲間にはロッキーナキウサギ(アメリカナキウサギ)Ochotona princeps,ヒマラヤナキウサギO.royleiなど,アジアと北アメリカに17種が分布し,いずれもよく似ている。この仲間は原始的な小型のウサギ類であるが,耳が長さ2cm程度と小さく,丸く,外観はウサギというよりも齧歯(げつし)類のモルモットに似る。…

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