Northern Pika
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| Northern Pika[1] | |
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| Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Ochotonidae |
| Genus: | Ochotona |
| Species: | O. hyperborea |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochotona hyperborea (Pallas, 1811) |
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| Northern Pika range | |
The Northern Pika, Ochotona hyperborea, is a species of pika found across northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to northern Japan and south through Mongolia, Manchuria, and northern Korea. An adult Northern Pika has a body length of 12.7-18.6 centimeters, and a tail of .5-1.2 centimeters. The pika sheds its fur twice annually, bearing a reddish-brown coat in the summer and grayish-brown in the winter.
There are several subspecies of this pika:[1]
- Ochotona hyperborea cinereoflava
- Ochotona hyperborea coreana
- Ochotona hyperborea ferruginea
- Ochotona hyperborea mantchurica
- Ochotona hyperborea normalis
- Ochotona hyperborea uralesis
- Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis
- Ochotona hyperborea yoshikurai
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hoffman, Robert S.; Smith, Andrew T. (16 November 2005). "Order Lagomorpha (pp. 185-211". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 189. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). Ochotona hyperborea. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 April 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
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