pika

Tailless rabbit cousin

A pika is a small, round-eared mammal related to rabbits, found in rocky mountain regions of North America and Asia.

Pikas are known for their high-pitched calls and habit of gathering vegetation into haypiles for winter.

They resemble hamsters but are lagomorphs, not rodents.

animal

lagomorph

Rabbit-like mammal order

rodent-like · hay · whistle · chirp · boulder · rockslide · mammal · herbivore · burrow · crevice

habitat

alpine meadow

High-altitude grassy clearing

tundra · elevation · cliff · rocky terrain · Himalayas · Rockies · Sierra Nevada · steppe · cold climate · subalpine

behavior

haying

Gathering dried grass fodder

foraging · scent marking · winter storage · vocalization · eep · bark · sentinel · grazing · clipping · piling

pokemon

Pikachu

Electric-type starter creature

Nintendo · anime · franchise · character · inspiration · namesake · creature · video game · kawaii · rodent

conservation

climate change

Planetary atmospheric transformation

thermal stress · extinction risk · monitoring · population decline · heat intolerance · refugia · fragmentation · vulnerability · resilience

Categories
Opposites
lagomorph classification

pikarabbit

Long-eared lagomorph

hare · jackrabbit · cottontail · snowshoe hare · capybara

alpine vs. lowland habitat

pikaprairie dog

Colonial burrowing grassland rodent

ground squirrel · marmot

size within mammals

pikaelephant

Tusked gray giant

whale · blue whale · rhinoceros · hippopotamus · moose

Family

pikas

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G