Margarita A. Erbajeva*& Andrew Currant**
*Geological Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of
Sciences,
Ulan-Ude, Russia;
**Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum,
London UK
Abstract - This paper is a systematic revision of “Ochotona spelaea”. On the base of a detail study new materials on the cave pika, collected by A. Currant, its detail morphological descriptions, emended diagnosis and comparison with other eurasian ochotonids of “pusilla” group are provided. These data have revealed that the cave pika is a subspecies of Ochotona pusilla Pallas.