Pika / Cony - Leaf in mouth, storing vegetation

Pika / Cony - Leaf in mouth, storing vegetation to be used as food in winter, stores food in small piles of hay beneath boulders (Ochotona princeps). Colorado, USA. Inhabits talus slopes and rock slides usually near timberline and high mountains. Lives in colonies. Each pika has a territory within the colony at least in autumn. Related to rabbits. Feeds on grasses and herbs. Stores food in small piles of hay beneath boulders. Does not hibernate, spends the winter surviving on stored food often beneath a thick cover of snow. Makes a series of whistle-like calls

Beneath Boulders Cony Ochotona Pika Pikas Piles Princeps Stores Storing

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