Chinese Red Pika
Ochotona erythrotis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 82
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇳 China
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Chinese red pika (Ochotona erythrotis) is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. Typical of a pika it has short limbs, a small tail and round ears. Specific to the Chinese red pika has distinctive red color in its pelt. The Chinese pika typically lives in rocky terrain at altitudes between 600 and 1200 meters. and is endemic to the East Qinghai, West Gansu and Northern Sichuan provinces of China and Eastern Tibet.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Chinese red pika”.