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Ochotona collaris - similar to little chief hare and may be same species

mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit, cony, coney - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

genus Ochotona, Ochotona - type genus of the Ochotonidae

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1973: Somatic chromosomes of a male collared pika, Ochotona collaris (Nelson) (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae).

Host responses to cycles of climate change shape parasite diversity across North America's Intermountain West

Also collared pikas Ochotona collaris forage farther from the talus when pregnant (Holmes 1991), and bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis trade safety for access to more nutritious food during the last month of pregnancy (Berger 1991).

More female red foxes Vulpes vulpes on bait sites in spring

This loss of alpine tundra will decrease the success of obligate tundra species such as hoary marmot (Marmota caligata), collared pika (Ochotona collaris), and ptarmigan (Lagopus sp.) (Martin, 2001).

Shrub line advance in alpine tundra of the Kluane region: mechanisms of expansion and ecosystem impacts

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