Korean pika
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] TaxonomyThe 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
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