Tsing-ling Pika

The Tsing-ling pika is a pika endemic to the mountains of central China, where it inhabits mountain forests and shrublands. It is a poorly known species and rarely found, one of six pika species endemic to central China, although the taxonomy of these is in flux and there are no true population studies (Wikipedia, general species account).

The name 'Tsing-ling' derives from an old transliteration of 'Qinling', the name of the mountains it inhabits (Wikipedia, general species account).