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What is a Pika?
A pika (Ochotona princeps) is a small mammal closely related to rabbits and hares that has round ears, a compact body, no visible tail and lives on snow-covered mountainsides across western North America and Asia.
Pikas are herbivores, spending the summer gathering grasses and “forbs” to store for winter in open areas or under rocks within their territories, using sunlight to dry the stored supply before placing it back into storage haystacks for later.
Pikas are vocal animals, using short alarm calls to warn other pikas of approaching predators or establish boundaries with neighboring pikas, as well as longer territorial calls that mark out boundaries with one another and males provide mating calls.
Pikas are highly sensitive to their mountain environments and can be negatively affected by habitat loss or climate change. Pikas require a moderate snowpack for insulation; should winter snowfall decline dramatically, their species could be at risk. Furthermore, climate change could alter montane vegetation composition, possibly altering diets of pikas.
Pika Habitat
Like their larger cousins, pikas are herbivores living in alpine environments. Like other hares and rabbits, pikas gather an assortment of plants throughout summer before building haystack-like piles to dry near their dens for winter consumption. Haystacks help pikas avoid harsh alpine winter conditions by providing shelter from harsh elements; additionally they allow them to survive toxic plant piles by placing it at the top.
National Park Service staff in Western units like Crater Lake conduct pika research to understand their ecology, habitat and climate change impacts. Being non-mobile species that cannot move to higher ground like other mountain species do, pikas are particularly vulnerable to shifting climate conditions including reduced snowpack and extreme weather events that arise as a result.
Pikas are remarkable mammals, living for years without hibernation or entering torpor. Active year-round and using their ear flaps to adapt to temperature changes, they enter torpor at night to conserve energy without entering deep sleep.
What is a Pika?
A pika (Ochotona princeps) is a small mammal closely related to rabbits and hares that has round ears, a compact body, no visible tail and lives on snow-covered mountainsides across western North America and Asia.
Pikas are herbivores, spending the summer gathering grasses and “forbs” to store for winter in open areas or under rocks within their territories, using sunlight to dry the stored supply before placing it back into storage haystacks for later.
Pikas are vocal animals, using short alarm calls to warn other pikas of approaching predators or establish boundaries with neighboring pikas, as well as longer territorial calls that mark out boundaries with one another and males provide mating calls.
Pikas are highly sensitive to their mountain environments and can be negatively affected by habitat loss or climate change. Pikas require a moderate snowpack for insulation; should winter snowfall decline dramatically, their species could be at risk. Furthermore, climate change could alter montane vegetation composition, possibly altering diets of pikas.
Pika Habitat
Like their larger cousins, pikas are herbivores living in alpine environments. Like other hares and rabbits, pikas gather an assortment of plants throughout summer before building haystack-like piles to dry near their dens for winter consumption. Haystacks help pikas avoid harsh alpine winter conditions by providing shelter from harsh elements; additionally they allow them to survive toxic plant piles by placing it at the top.
National Park Service staff in Western units like Crater Lake conduct pika research to understand their ecology, habitat and climate change impacts. Being non-mobile species that cannot move to higher ground like other mountain species do, pikas are particularly vulnerable to shifting climate conditions including reduced snowpack and extreme weather events that arise as a result.
Pikas are remarkable mammals, living for years without hibernation or entering torpor. Active year-round and using their ear flaps to adapt to temperature changes, they enter torpor at night to conserve energy without entering deep sleep.
Like their larger cousins, pikas are herbivores living in alpine environments. Like other hares and rabbits, pikas gather an assortment of plants throughout summer before building haystack-like piles to dry near their dens for winter consumption. Haystacks help pikas avoid harsh alpine winter conditions by providing shelter from harsh elements; additionally they allow them to survive toxic plant piles by placing it at the top.
National Park Service staff in Western units like Crater Lake conduct pika research to understand their ecology, habitat and climate change impacts. Being non-mobile species that cannot move to higher ground like other mountain species do, pikas are particularly vulnerable to shifting climate conditions including reduced snowpack and extreme weather events that arise as a result.
Pikas are remarkable mammals, living for years without hibernation or entering torpor. Active year-round and using their ear flaps to adapt to temperature changes, they enter torpor at night to conserve energy without entering deep sleep.