Thomas's pika inhabits high-elevation shrubland with rocky ground in China. Its skull is unusually flat for the genus, a shape thought to relate to using narrow rock crevices.
Its coat varies from brown to ochre-brown above and greyish or dull brown below. Winter fur is longer, softer and greyer than in other seasons.
It occupies rock cracks in high-elevation shrub landscapes. Ecological information about the species is limited.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.