The alpine pika is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. Its summer coat varies drastically among subspecies but is generally dark or cinnamon brown, turning grey with a yellowish tinge in winter. It is found in western Mongolia, eastern Kazakhstan, Russia, and China, in very cold mountainous regions, where it forages as a generalist herbivore on mosses, tree branches, pine nuts, and plant stems. It communicates with a long call, a short call, and an alarm call, and is rated Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Alpine pika (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Kazakhstan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Alpine pika (Wikipedia)
Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
It communicates with a long call, a short call, and an alarm call, and is rated Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Diet (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
It is found in western Mongolia, eastern Kazakhstan, Russia, and China, in very cold mountainous regions, where it forages as a generalist herbivore on mosses, tree branches, pine nuts, and plant stems.
View the Source2. Alpine pika (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q4524 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Ochotonidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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