Tsing-ling pika

The Tsing-ling pika (Ochotona huangensis) is a species of pika (or subspecies of daurian pika) endemic to the mountains in Central China. They inhabit mountainous forests and shrublands. It is a poorly known species.

Tsing-ling pika
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Ochotonidae
Genus:	Ochotona
Species:	O. huangensis
Binomial name
Ochotona huangensis Matschie, 1908
Tsing-ling pika range
Synonyms
Ochotona dauurica huangensis (Matschie, 1908)

It is a rarely found, one of the six pika species endemic to central China, with no true population studies.[2][lower-alpha 1]

References

Notes

1. The other five species are the Forrest's pika Thomas's pika (Ochotona thomasi),Forrest's pika (Ochotona forresti), the Gaoligong pika (Ochotona gaoligongensis), the Muli pika (Ochotona muliensis), and the Black pika (Ochotona nigritia).[2]

1. Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). "Ochotona huangensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. Alves, Ferrand & Hacklände 2008, p. 308.

Bibliography

• Alves, Paulo C.; Ferrand, Nuno; Hacklände, Klaus, eds. (2008). Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. p. 308. ISBN 978-3-540-72446-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Yu, Ning; Zheng, Changlin (2012). "A revision of the huanghe pika Ochotona huangensis (Matschie, 1907)". Acta Theriologica Sinica (Article) |format= requires |url= (help) (in Chinese). 12 (3): 175–182. ISSN 1000-1050.
• Vakurin, Alexey A.; Korablev, Vladimir P; Xue-Long, Jiang; Grigor'eva, Tat'iana V (2012). "The chromosomes of Tsing-Ling pika, Ochotona huangensis Matschie, 1908 (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae)". Comparative Cytogenetics. 6 (4): 347–358. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i4.3183. PMC 3834567. PMID 24260675. Retrieved 30 April 2015.