Steppe Pika – Ochotona pusilla

Ochotona pusillaPallas, 1769

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Ochotona (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951). Formerly included O. nubrica (= lama), O. forresti, and O. osgoodi (a subspecies of thibetana); see comments therein.

• 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.