Common Name: Ladak Pika
Scientific Name: Ochotona ladacensis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Ochotonidae
Genus: Ochotona
Species: O. ladacensis
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.
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