Alpine pika

<p>The alpine pika (<i>Ochotona alpina</i>) is a species of small <a href="/facts/Mammal/phSwTzBo">mammal</a> in the <a href="/facts/Pika/4VMuW8TH">pika</a> family, <a href="/facts/Ochotonidae/4VMuW8TH">Ochotonidae</a>. The summer <a href="/facts/Fur/4hVxpDQ0">pelage</a> of different subspecies varies drastically but, in general, it is dark or cinnamon brown, turning to grey with a yellowish tinge during the <a href="/facts/Winter/kSp26z8R">winter</a>. The alpine pika is found in western Mongolia, eastern Kazakhstan, and Russia (<a href="/facts/Tuva/PNR0xpI9">Tuva</a>, <a href="/facts/Irkutsk_Oblast/eACyjk56">Irkutsk</a>, <a href="/facts/Altai_Republic/AglKpnbY">Altai</a>, and <a href="/facts/Krasnoyarsk_Krai/PaTxkxAX">Krasnoyarsk</a>), as well as in China (northern <a href="/facts/Xinjiang/f3jxW5Sq">Xinjiang</a> and <a href="/facts/Heilongjiang/lCa5cxw7">Heilongjiang</a>), in very cold, mountainous regions. It is a generalist <a href="/facts/Herbivore/me4YFdQA">herbivore</a>, and mainly forages on <a href="/facts/Moss/YF8Rbf8y">mosses</a>, tree branches, <a href="/facts/Pine_nuts/5MepFh8y">pine nuts</a>, and <a href="/facts/Plant_stem/QlQWSzV4">plant stems</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Least_concern/8u7koV5r">least concern</a> on the <a href="/facts/IUCN_Red_List_of_Endangered_Species/8gemqCLu">IUCN Red List of Endangered Species</a>.
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Alpine pika