Plateau pika

Ochotona curzoniae

Description:

These pika had black stripes on their flanks. Prolific.

Habitat:

Grassland grazed by sheep, horses, and probably yak. Abundant small white birds (all one species) accompanied them, hopping around.

Notes:

12:03pm CST

1 Species ID Suggestions

hernandezwolf99 6 years ago

Plateau pika

Ochotona curzoniae

11 Comments

Tom15 6 years ago

Very cute, and congrats on a nice SOTD!

Mark Ridgway 6 years ago

Congrats. A great spotting.

LuisStevens 6 years ago

Beautiful SOTD Tracy!

outsidegirl0 6 years ago

congrats, TracyB!

roemer1 6 years ago

Daww...

sunnyjosef 6 years ago

Congrats to you Tracy on this beautiful SOTD .....

jadelynthegreat 6 years ago

So cute!

Caleb Steindel 6 years ago

congrats on SOTD!

RobThacker 6 years ago

Well deserved SOTD, congrats Tracy, very cute pic

The MnMs 6 years ago

Congratulations! It is a very nice spotting! I would love to see one of these one day myself :-)

KarenL 6 years ago

Congrats Tracy! A pica peeks out from its burrow in our Spotting of the Day! Plateau pikas are subterranean-dwelling relatives of the rabbit that live at high altitudes in China and Tibet. Unlike other pika species, male plateau pikas help to look after the young, which is good news for the female as they are prolific breeders and produce a litter every three weeks during the summer months.

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