Chinese Red Pika – Ochotona erythrotis

Ochotona erythrotisBüchner, 1890

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Conothoa, but see Niu et al. (2001), who considered the erythrotis species group (brookei, gloveri, muliensis) to be subgenus Pika. Formerly included gloveri; see Corbet (1978c:68). Feng and Zheng (1985) provided evidence that gloveri (including brookei) is a distinct species. Formerly included in rutila (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), but now regarded as distinct (Weston, 1982). The distribution of this species is poorly known, as are its relationships with the apparently allopatric rutila, iliensis, and gloveri. See also under forresti.

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.