Himalayan pika

|| Sattal || Feb 2022

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Wonderful species intro, Mohammed! Posted 6 months ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Very intimate shot Mohammed Posted 6 months ago

Patomarazul

Lion

Are you sure is a pika? it looks a bit different in images online:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochotona_himalayana#/media/Fichier:Himalayan_Pika.JPG
https://earthjournalism.net/stories/warming-threatens-pika-in-nepals-himalayas
https://www.ross.no/2018/04/30/pika-ochotona-sp-3/
your picture looks to me more like a hamster species:
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/agrarius
or another sort of field mouse
Did it have a tail? Posted 6 months ago, modified 6 months ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  you can see the tail - it's out of focus, but visible just to the left of the animal. It is a furry, rather than naked tail. (and I agree, this doesn't look like a pika) Posted 6 months ago, modified 6 months ago

NattyOne

Lion

Nice Mohammed!! Posted 6 months ago

The Himalayan pika

The Himalayan pika is a species of small mammal in the pika family. It is found at high altitudes in remote areas of Ladakh, Uttarakhand and possibly also in Nepal &Tibet. The IUCN has listed this species as being of "least concern".

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Similar species: Hares, Rabbits And Pikas

Species identified by Mohammed Salman

By Mohammed Salman

Uploaded Jul 11, 2022. Captured Feb 28, 2022 15:27.

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