A single endemic mammal, Kozlov's pika (Ochotona koslowi) is found in this ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert] Reference

Dramatic decline of the threatened Ili pika Ochotona iliensis (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) in Xinjiang, China.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the mountains of Central Asia] Reference

Mammals include the Gaoligong pika (Ochotona gaoligonensis) and the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti).    From Wordnik.com.  [Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests] Reference

There is also an endemic sub-species of pika (Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis) and sable (Martes zibellina brachyura).    From Wordnik.com.  [Hokkaido montane conifer forests] Reference

The Helanshan pika (Ochotona argentata) is a critically endangered, endemic species that has been placed on the IUCN Red List for lagomorphs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Helanshan montane conifer forests] Reference

In general, their most common prey consists of wild sheep and goats but also includes pikas (Ochotona spp.), hares (Lepus spp.), and gamebirds (chukar partridge and snowcocks).    From Wordnik.com.  [Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe] Reference

Characteristic species found in alpine meadows include Rocky mountain goat Oreamos americanus, bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis, northern pika Ochotona princeps and hoary marmot Marmota caligata.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada] Reference

Small mammals and rodents such as collard pika (Occhotona rufescens), Royle's pika (Ochotona roylei), stone marten (Martes foina), migratory hamster (Cricetulus migratorius), and three sand rat species are spread widely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sulaiman Range alpine meadows] Reference

More than 230 mammal species inhabit the hotspot, although only five are endemic, including the Gaoligong pika (Ochotona gaoligongensis) and Chinese dormouse (Dryomys sichuanensis, EN), the latter known only from the Wanglang Nature Reserve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the mountains of Southwest China] Reference

Like other regions of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia, large carnivores (snow leopards, brown bears, wolves and lynx) also occur here at low density, supported in part by their smaller prey species like Tibetan woolly hares (Lepus oiostolus), Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana) and black-lipped pika (Ochotona curzoniae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe] Reference

American pika (Ochotona princeps) by global warming, the rapidly disappearing mammalian species will not be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

The American pika (Ochotona princeps) is a small relative of the rabbit that lives in boulder fields near mountain peaks in California and through the western United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earthjustice Press Releases] Reference

Despite documented threats posed to the American pika (Ochotona princeps) by global warming, the rapidly disappearing mammalian species will not be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference

Species more common to the juniper forests and higher altitudes include marmots (Marmota), tolai hares (Lepus tolai), Turkestan red pikas (Ochotona rufescens), juniper voles (Microtus juldaschi) and Siberian roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Gissaro-Alai open woodlands] Reference

Principal mammal species include: Midday gerbil (Merionus meridianus), Gobi jerboa (Allactaga bullata), dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus), pika species (Ochotona spp.), long-eared hedgehog (Erinaceus auritus), and Tibetan hare (Lepus tibetanus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe] Reference

The typical fauna of mammals in the vast Kazakhstan steppes includes the numerous rodents such as ground squirrels (Citellus), hamsters (Cricetus, Cricetulus, Podopus), voles (Microtus), birch mice (Sicista), lemmings (Lagurus), marmots (Marmota bobac); and lagomorphs such as pikas (Ochotona) and hares (Lepus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Kazakh steppe] Reference

Results were recently published in a paper titled "Distribution and Climatic Relationships of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) in the Sierra Nevada and Western Great Basin, U.S.A.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

But some species are found in great abundance, including over 15,000 Kamchatcan brown bears Ursus arctos piscator, Arctic ground squirrel, Ochotona hyperborea, sable Martes zibellina, Kamchatcan wolverine Gulo gulo albus (VU), thousands of sea otters Enhidra lutris lutris (EN), 1,500 Kamchatcan reindeer Rangifer tarandus phylarchus (known as northern deer) and over 10,000 Kamchatcan snow sheep Ovis nivicola nivicola.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation] Reference

Characteristic wildlife include moose (Alces alces), wolverine (Gulo gulo), snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), black bear (Ursus americanus), grizzly bear (U. arctos), mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), pika (Ochotona collaris), bison (Bison bison), Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli spp.), Dall’s sheep (Ovis dalli spp.), weasel (Mustela spp.), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), beaver (Castor canadensis), muskrat (Ondatra zibethica), Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryi), spruce grouse (Dendragapus canadensis), ptarmigan (Lagopus spp.), snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca), raptors, waterfowl, crane (Grus canadensis), and ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Cordillera forests] Reference

The following animals from this ecoregion included in the IUCN Red Data List: (1) Mammals: corsac fox (Vulpes corsac), saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica tatarica), giant mole-rat (Spalax giganteus), steppe pika (Ochotona pusilla), bobac marmot (Marmota bobac), ground squirrel (Spermophilus major), birch ouse (Sicista subtilis), migratory hamster (Cricetulus migratorius); and (2) Birds: white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), pallid harrier (Circus macrourus), great bustard (Otis tarda), little bustard (Tetrax tetrax), black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) and sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius).    From Wordnik.com.  [Kazakh steppe] Reference