Northern Pika
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 Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis
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| Ochotona hyperborea (Pallas, 1811) |
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 Hoffmann, Robert S.; Andrew T. Smith (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 189. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Lagomorph Specialist Group (1996). Ochotona hyperborea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-24.
