The American pika — a small, herbivorous, conspicuously cute mammal related to rabbits and hares — is adapted to the cold climate in high-elevation boulder fields and alpine meadows in the mountains ...
The pika thrives in the rocky ... ranging from 11,000-foot peaks to 8,000-foot rocky hillsides within the central Rocky, Snowy Range and Bighorn mountains. This makes them a less accessible ...