The Korean pika (Ochotona coreana), also known as the Korean piping hare,[2] is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. It is found in the mountainous northern regions of North Korea and parts of the Changbai Mountains in Jilin. It is rated as a data deficient species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species,[1] and very little is known about it; much of its behavior and ecology is assumed to be similar to the closely related northern pika.[2]
| Korean pika | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Ochotonidae |
| Genus: | Ochotona |
| Species: | O. coreana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ochotona coreana | |
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| Korean pika range | |
Taxonomy
editThe Korean pika as it was first identified by Joel Asaph Allen and Roy Chapman Andrews was independent of any other species,[3] but later treatments referred to it as O. hyperborea coreana, a subspecies of the northern pika.[2] A 2014 review of the molecular biology of Ochotona led to it being considered an independent species once again.[4]
The Korean pika has no subspecies.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Smith, A.T.; Jo, Y.-S. (2016). "Ochotona coreana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T87948071A161750319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T87948071A161750319.en. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d Smith, Andrew T.; Johnston, Charlotte H.; Alves, Paulo C.; Hackländer, Klaus, eds. (2018). "Ochotona coreana Allen and Andrews, 1913 Korean Pika". Lagomorphs: Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-2341-8. LCCN 2017004268.
- ^ "Ochotona coreana (J. A. Allen & R. C. Andrews, 1913)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ Lissovsky, Andrey A. (2014-01-01). "Taxonomic revision of pikas Ochotona (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) at the species level". Mammalia. 78 (2). doi:10.1515/mammalia-2012-0134. ISSN 1864-1547.