Scientist said that climate change threatens creatures like Royle’s pika that have weathered extreme environments for thousands of years.
About Royle’s Pika:
Royle's pika (Ochotona roylei), also called the Himalayan mouse hare or hui shutu, is a species of pika.
Habitat: It is found in open rocky landscapesand rhododendron forests.
Distribution: It is found in northwestern Pakistan to Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in India to Nepal and Tibet.
Characteristics of Royle’s pika:
It relies on a thick winter snowpack to act as an insulating blanket, shielding it from brutal sub-zero temperatures.
It does not make its own nest; rather, it takes narrow creeks and existing burrow systems as its nest.
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