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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Source Alpine pika (Wikidata)
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1. Alpine pika (Wikipedia)
Introduction
It can emit three series of different vocalizations: a long call, a short call, and an alarm call. It is rated as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
Introduction
The alpine pika is found in western Mongolia, eastern Kazakhstan, and Russia (Tuva, Irkutsk, Altai, and Krasnoyarsk), as well as in China (northern Xinjiang and Heilongjiang), in very cold, mountainous regions. It is a generalist herbivore, and mainly forages on mosses, tree branches, pine nuts, and plant stems.
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It is found on mountain ranges such as the Altai, Khangai, and Sayan, and is also distributed from the east and south of Lake Baikal eastward to the Amur River drainage.
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
View the Source 3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Lagomorpha
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 81Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 81
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