Pika / Cony - Leaf in mouth, storing vegetation to be used as food in winter, stores food in small piles of 'hay' beneath boulders (Ochotona princeps). Colorado, USA. 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 of
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