Korean pika
Species of mammal
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The Korean pika (Ochotona coreana) (Korean: 우는토끼 or "Crying rabbit"),[2] also known as the Korean piping hare,[3] 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.[3]
| Korean pika | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Ochotonidae |
| Genus: | Ochotona |
| Species: | O. coreana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochotona coreana | |
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| Korean pika range | |
Taxonomy
The Korean pika as it was first identified by Joel Asaph Allen and Roy Chapman Andrews was independent of any other species,[4] but later treatments referred to it as O. hyperborea coreana, a subspecies of the northern pika.[3] A 2014 review of the molecular biology of Ochotona led to it being considered an independent species once again.[5]
The Korean pika has no subspecies.[3]