Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Holocene 0.8–0.0002 Ma
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Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Lagomorpha
Family:
Ochotonidae
Genus:
†Prolagus
Species:
†P. sardus
Binomial name
†Prolagus sardus
(Wagner, 1829)
Synonyms
Prolagus corsicanus
The Sardinian pika (Prolagus sardus) is an extinct species of lagomorph that was endemic to the islands of Sardinia, Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean islands until its extinction likely in Roman times. It was the last surviving member of Prolagus, a genus of lagomorph once widespread throughout Europe during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, whose closest living relatives are pikas of the genus Ochotona.
^Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 193–194. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^Smith, A.T.; Lanier, H.C. (2019). "Prolagus sardus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18338A1737167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T18338A1737167.en. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
The Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus) is an extinct species of lagomorph that was endemic to the islands of Sardinia, Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean...
species, the Sardinianpika, belonging to the separate genus Prolagus, has become extinct within the last 2000 years owing to human activity. Pikas prefer rocky...
small mammals and birds, with a probable preference for the endemic Sardinianpika. The oldest remains of Cynotherium on Sardinia date to around the early-Middle...
Neolithic, while the Sardinianpika, vole and field mouse are suggested to have persisted until around 3000–2000 years ago. The Sardinianpika in particular...
of the Middle Pleistocene, it was confined to a single species, the Sardinianpika (P. sardus), on the Corsica, Sardinia, and surrounding islands, where...
(Microtus henseli), the Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus), a shrew (Asoriculus similis), a mole (Talpa tyrrhenica), the Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium sardous)...
the Sardinian dhole, the mustelid Enhydrictis galictoides, the deer Praemegaceros cazioti, the Corsican giant shrew, Tyrrhenian mole, Sardinianpika, Tyrrhenian...
Microtus †Tyrrhenian vole, M. henseli EX Family: Ochotonidae (pikas) Genus: †Prolagus †Sardinianpika, P. sardus EX Family: Soricidae (shrews) Subfamily: Soricinae...
the Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus), a shrew (Asoriculus similis), a mole (Talpa tyrrhenica), a dwarf mammoth (Mammuthus lamarmorai) the Sardinian dhole...
(Rhagamys orthodon), the Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus), a shrew (Asoriculus similis), a mole (Talpa tyrrhenica), the Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium sardous)...
hutias and key mice) Order Lagomorpha Family Ochotonidae (pikas) Family †Prolagidae (Sardinianpika) Family Leporidae (rabbits) Order Eulipotyphla Family...
(Mammuthus lamarmorai), the Tyrrhenian vole (Microtus henseli), the Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus), the Tyrrhenian field rat (Rhagamys orthodon) one...
orthodon), the Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus), a shrew (Asoriculus similis), the Tyrrhenian vole (Microtus henseli), the Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium...
the Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus). It has been conjectured that the owls disappeared with their prey due to climate change, but the giant pikas of Sardinia...
cattle, pigs, sheep, and goat. Local wild animals, like the extinct Sardinianpika, were also hunted. At least 45 sites are known all across the island...
Cetti reported huge rats inhabiting Tavolara, but these were likely Sardinianpikas, an endemic species of lagomorph that had already been driven to extinction...
- cottontail rabbit Family Ochotonidae Genus Ochotona - pikas Genus Prolagus† - Sardinianpika Family Macroscelididae - elephant shrew Genus Elephantulus...
European hare, L. europaeus LC introduced Family: Ochotonidae (pikas) Genus: Prolagus Sardinianpika, P. sardus EX The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single...
Evidence from ancient DNA interpreted as supporting the placement of the Sardinianpika in an independent sister group to the family Ochotonidae is presented...
rabbit, O. cuniculus EN introduced Family: Ochotonidae (pikas) Genus: Prolagus Sardinianpika, P. sardus EX Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals....
from Grotte de Rouff, depicting it alongside extant Alpine ibexes. A Sardinianpika's mounted skeleton. Ancient coin from Cyrene depicting a silphium stalk...
(Microtus henseli), the Sardinianpika (Prolagus sardus), the shrew Asoriculus similis, a mole (Talpa tyrrhenica), the Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium sardous)...
goat-antelope Nesogoral, the pig Sus sondaari, the hyena Chasmaporthetes, the pika Prolagus, the shrew Asoriculus, the mole Talpa tyrrhenica, the mustelid Pannonictis...
Oryctolagus European rabbit, O. cuniculus EN Family: Ochotonidae (pikas) Genus: Prolagus Sardinianpika, P. sardus EX Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals....
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