pika - Species

A mammal of order Lagomorpha, native to C and NE Asia and W North America; resembles a small rabbit, with short legs, short rounded ears, and minute tail; inhabits rocky areas or open country; also known as cony, coney, rock rabbit, slide rat, little chief hare, mouse hare, haymaker, squeak rabbit, whistling hare, or calling hare. (Family: Ochotonidae, 14 species.)

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American Pika (Ochotona princeps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Ochotonidae Thomas, 1897 Genus: Ochotona Link, 1795
Type Species
Ochotona minor Link, 1795 (= Lepus dauuricus Pallas, 1776)
Species
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The name pika (archaically spelled pica) is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae (rabbits and hares).

Species

ORDER LAGOMORPHA Family Ochotonidae: pikas Genus Ochotona Subgenus Pika: northern pikas Alpine Pika/Altai Pika, Ochotona alpina Silver Pika, Ochotona argentata Collared Pika, Ochotona collaris Hoffmann's Pika, Ochotona hoffmanni Northern Pika/Siberian Pika, Ochotona hyperborea Pallas's Pika, Ochotona pallasi American Pika, Ochotona princeps Turuchan Pika, Ochotona turuchanensis Subgenus Ochotona: shrub-steppe pikas Gansu Pika/Gray Pika, Ochotona cansus Plateau Pika/Black-lipped Pika, Ochotona curzoniae Daurian Pika, Ochotona dauurica Tsing-ling Pika, Ochotona huangensis Nubra Pika, Ochotona nubrica Steppe Pika, Ochotona pusilla Afghan Pika, Ochotona rufescens Moupin Pika, Ochotona thibetana Thomas's Pika, Ochotona thomasi Subgenus Conothoa: mountain pikas Chinese Red Pika, Ochotona erythrotis Forrest's Pika, Ochotona forresti Gaoligong Pika, Ochotona gaoligongensis Glover's Pika, Ochotona gloveri Himalayan Pika, Ochotona himalayana Ili Pika, Ochotona iliensis Kozlov's Pika, Ochotona koslowi Ladak Pika, Ochotona ladacensis Large-eared Pika, Ochotona macrotis Muli Pika, Ochotona muliensis Black Pika, Ochotona nigritia Royle's Pika, Ochotona roylei Turkestan Red Pika, Ochotona rutila