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Common Name: Ladak Pika

Scientific Name: Ochotona ladacensis

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Ochotonidae

Genus: Ochotona

Species: O. ladacensis

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A Ladak Pika as a light brown/grey fur color with yellow/grey underside. the ears are a color reminiscent to rust.The length of a full grow Ladak Pika is 7-9 inches.The skull as a high arch.

         

It is found in the mountain range of northern India,northeastern Pakistan,and western China.They dig burrows, also inhabit valleys at 14,100-17,800.They also live territorial groups of families.

         

A ladak Pika is a herbivores which means they only grasses,flowering stalks,and leaves.Also the plants that have the highest protein in them or plants that have chemicals that are very important to the Ladak Pika. They eat all kinds of vegetables,but it depends on the season that they are in.

         

The Ladak Pika has some predators which are snow leopards also foxes,owls,wolves,and any other kinds of meat eaters around the area they are living.

         

Two facts about the Ladak Pika are that they are a least concern species and that they reproduce in the early month of June and late July.

June and early July.

         

Author:Jose .S

Published:February 19

 

Sources: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladak_pika

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MLagomorph/Ochotonidae/Ochotona/Ochotona_ladacensis.htm

encyclopedia the great world book.

 

Photo credit: Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

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