. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL MWWlii inhabiting the northern and mountainous parts of Asia, and one of these is also found in Europe, about the southern part of the Volga. In Asia species have been found as far south as the Himalayas and Nepaul. In North America a single species (Lagomys frinceps) inhabits the Eocky Mountains, where it was first discovered by Sir John Richardson. The Alpine Pika (Lagomys aljnnus), .which inhabits Siberia from the Irtish eastwards into Kamtchatka, is a little animal from nine to nine and a half inches long, of a greyish- brown c
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL MWWlii inhabiting the northern and mountainous parts of Asia, and one of these is also found in Europe, about the southern part of the Volga. In Asia species have been found as far south as the Himalayas and Nepaul. In North America a single species (Lagomys frinceps) inhabits the Eocky Mountains, where it was first discovered by Sir John Richardson. The Alpine Pika (Lagomys aljnnus), .which inhabits Siberia from the Irtish eastwards into Kamtchatka, is a little animal from nine to nine and a half inches long, of a greyish- brown colour above, yellowish- grey beneath; the feet are pale, and the eai-s dirty yellowish- white within, becoming dusky to- wiids the margin, which is white. This animal occurs in considerable numbers in the Alpine and sub- Al] me parts of Siberia, where it either burrows in the ground, or shelters itself in crevices of rocks 01 imong loose stones. The Pikas generally come out only at night, xlthougli they sometimes- venture foith on a cloudy day. Their food consists of the scanty herbage to be found in their elevated abode, and as this would be impossible to J rocure during the winter when the j^ound is thickly covered with snow, the Pikas take care in the autumn to collect a large supply of dried gi-asses and other herbage, \\hich they pile up near their habi- titions like little haystacks. They aie, however, sometimes deprived of the fruits of their labour by the Sable-hunters, who plunder the Fikas' stacks to feed their Horses. The female produces about six naked young early in the summer. The Eocky Mountain Pika {Lagomys princeps) is a small species from six inches to seven and a half inches long, of a greyish-brown colour above, yellowish-brown on the sides, and greyish below. It received its specific name from its discoverer. Sir J. Richardson, in allusion to the name of " Little Chief Hare" given to it by the Indians. It inhabits the summits of the Rocky Mountain
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