Tsing-ling pika

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Tsing-ling pika

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author1=Smith, A.T. |author2=Lissovsky, A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Ochotona syrinx |page=e.T87948175A87948187 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T87948175A87948187.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Ochotona

| species = syrinx

| authority = Thomas, 1911

| range_map = Tsing-ling Pika area.png

| range_map_caption = Tsing-ling pika range

| synonyms = Ochotona dauurica huangensis (Matschie, 1908)

}}

The Tsing-ling pika (Ochotona syrinx) is a species of pika endemic to the mountains in Central China.{{Cite mdd |title=Ochotona syrinx O. Thomas, 1911|id=1001179|access-date=2021-07-06}} It inhabits mountainous forests and shrublands. It is a poorly known species.

It is a rarely found, one of the six pika species endemic to central China, although the taxonomy of these is in flux, with no true population studies.{{sfn|Alves|Ferrand|Hacklände|2008|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9d8_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA308 308]}}{{efn|The other five species are Thomas's pika (Ochotona thomasi), Forrest's pika (Ochotona forresti), Gaoligong pika (Ochotona gaoligongensis), Muli pika (Ochotona muliensis), and Black pika (Ochotona nigritia).{{sfn|Alves|Ferrand|Hacklände|2008|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9d8_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA308 308]}}}} The name "Tsing-ling" derives from an old transliteration of "Qinling", the name of the mountains that it inhabits.