family Ochotonidae

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family Ochotonidae - pikas and extinct forms

mammal family - a family of mammals

Lagomorpha, order Lagomorpha - rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia

mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit, cony, coney - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

genus Ochotona, Ochotona - type genus of the Ochotonidae

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Most of the text is devoted to the Eimeriidae family of parasites in various genera of rabbits and the related pikas in the Family Ochotonidae. Other topics include the overarching mammalian Order Lagophorpha; other genera of coccidia in rabbits; and strategies for management, control, and chemotherapy.

The biology and identification of the coccidia (apicomplexa) of rabbits of the world