Northern Pika

Northern Pika[1]
Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Ochotonidae
Genus:	Ochotona
Species:	O. hyperborea
Binomial name
Ochotona hyperborea (Pallas, 1811)
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

1. ^ ^{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. 
2. ^ 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.

See also

• List of placental mammals
• List of mammals of Korea