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Brief Introduction to Study on Ili Pika (Ochotona iliensis)
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Brief Introduction to Study on Ili Pika (Ochotona iliensis) Li Weidong (Xinjiang Institute of Environment Protection, Urumqi, China) PHOTOS In 1983 and 1985 I collected a new species of Lagomorpha from the Tianshan Mountains, Nilka County, Xinjiang, China.Subsequently, the new species was named Ochotona iliensis Li et Ma, 1986.For more than ten years since the discovery of the Ili pika, we have studied its taxonomy, characteristics, habitat, distribution, population ecology, daily activity rhythm, reproductive biology and feeding habits.The results show that this is a special species of pika, and that it is also a species threatened with extinction. TAXONOMY Three type-specimens were identified during the initial phase of study and classification of the Ili pika:1)the holotype #83001, adult, collected from 3,200m altitude on 5 August 1983; and the paratypes, #85003, adult, and #85004, subadult, collected from 3,300m altitude on 13 and 14 August 1985, respectively. The holotype and paratype #85004 are preserved...
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