Forrest's pika: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Forrest's pika lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ochotona forresti
Group	Rabbits, hares & pikas
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Lagomorpha
Family	Ochotonidae

Where does the Forrest's pika live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Forrest's pika in 1 country or territory across Asia.

China

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Forrest's pika endangered?

The Forrest's pika’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Forrest's pika?

The Forrest's pika (Ochotona forresti) is a mammal in the order Lagomorpha and the family Ochotonidae, genus Ochotona. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Forrest's pika

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Forrest's pika (revision 1364293325), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q287788 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).