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Northern Pika (Ochotona hyperborea) - Wiki
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Northern Pika
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Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Ochotonidae
[Photo] Northern Pika (Ochotona Hyperborea yesoensis), Shikaoi, Hokkaido, Japan. Date June 2006. Author: ほくなん (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%E3%81%BB%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93). Public domain by the author.
The Northern Pika, Ochotona hyperborea, is a species of pika found across northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to northern Japan and south through Mongolia, Manchuria, and northern Korea. An adult Northern Pika has a body length of 12.7-18.6 centimeters, and a tail of .5-1.2 centimeters. The pika sheds its fur twice annually, bearing a reddish-brown coat in the summer and grayish-brown in the winter.
There are several subspecies of this pika:
Ochotona hyperborea cinereoflava
Ochotona hyperborea coreana
Ochotona hyperborea ferruginea
Ochotona hyperborea mantchurica
Ochotona hyperborea normalis
Ochotona hyperborea uralesis
Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis
Ochotona hyperborea yoshikurai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Pika
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