Northern pika
| Northern Pika[1] | |
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| Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis | |
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| Species: | O. hyperborea
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| 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
References
- ^ a b 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. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
See also
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