Pika (cony) Ochotona princeps Storing vegetation for winter on talus slope near timberline in Colorado

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Pika Ochotona princeps Colorado Storing vegetation to be used as food in winter 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

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Location: Colorado USA
Photo credit: © John Cancalosi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: american, animal, animals, blooded, colorado, cony, endothermic, herbivorous, lagomorpha, mammalia, nature, ochotonidae, pika, usa, vertebrate, vertebrates, vertical, warm, warm-blooded, wildlife, zoology