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Plateau pika

Ochotona curzoniae

Photo by TracyB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

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

Species ID Suggestions

Plateau pika

Ochotona curzoniae
hernandezwolf99
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Comments (11)
Tom15
Very cute, and congrats on a nice SOTD!
sunnyjosef
Congrats to you Tracy on this beautiful SOTD .....
RobThacker
Well deserved SOTD, congrats Tracy, very cute pic
The MnMs
Congratulations! It is a very nice spotting! I would love to see one of these one day myself :-)
KarenL
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. Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154131443050603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/466046387436519424

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Mammals of Qinghai, China
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PublishedMay 11, 2014

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