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Least ConcernForrest's Pika
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灰颈鼠兔（学名：Ochotona forresti）为鼠兔科鼠兔属的哺乳动物。在中国大陆，分布于云南、西藏等地，一般栖息于山地森林。该物种的模式产地在云南丽江西北。
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Named after
- George Forrest
- Image
- Ochotona forresti.png
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Ochotona forresti
- taxon common name
- 灰颈鼠兔
- taxon synonym
- Black pika
- taxon name
- Ochotona forresti
- short name
- O. forresti
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Encyclopedic overview
Forrest's pika (Ochotona forresti) is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. The summer dorsal pelage and ventral pelage are dark rufous or blackish brown, and the winter dorsal pelage is a grayish brown, slightly lighter in tone than the ventral pelage. It is a generalist herbivore. It was assessed by the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species as insufficiently known in 1994, as near threatened in 1996, and re-assessed in 2008 as a species of least concern.
Taxonomy
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