Some animals look very strange, you may not have seen it, today I will introduce you to this "like a mouse and like a rabbit" animal. Some time ago, they were found in the Tianshan Mountains, when volunteers stumbled upon them, although from the outside, they looked like both rats and rabbits, but they were not them, but a world-endangered species called the Ili pika.
Many netizens see the Ili pika, they all say that it is cute, especially the ears are the same as Mickey Mouse's, but some people say that this is the mouse and the rabbit are good, or the rabbit found the mouse, only to give birth to the child?
In fact, this pika is a newly discovered animal, but some people recognize that it is also a remnant of an ancient species, of which the most supports the evolution of running rabbits from the late Miocene. They are relatively small, mountain mammals, adult pikas weigh 240 grams, the body length does not exceed 200 mm, but in the genus Pika Ili Pika has the longest ears and hind feet, ears and whiskers are more than eight centimeters.
The ears are short and round, and they are inserted on the head, which is very cute. The overall hair is gray, and then add some brown spots, which is their color. Pika is only found in Xinjiang, mainland China, is a high-altitude animal, the range of activity between 2850-4100 meters in the Tianshan Bare Rock area, these local plants are very few, but also covered with snow all year round, so their living conditions are very harsh.
This pika is a social animal, which means that if you find one, there must be several others nearby. Unlike mice, they like to come out during the day to forage, often making characteristic screams, and then running in short jumps, living in the nest of the cave, digging their own holes or resting directly in the natural stone crevices.
Unlike other animals, pikas do not hibernate, and like humans, they will take out their own stored food to eat in the winter. The animals they mainly eat are plants, not ordinary plants, but feed on medicinal and nutrient-rich plants such as Tianshan Snow Lotus and Golden Lotus.
Tianshan Snow Lotus, people who don't know should also see their figures in martial arts novels, this plant generally grows between cliffs, and then when the protagonist is injured and about to die, he needs the Tianshan Snow Lotus, at this time someone will risk death to pick them, and it is difficult to pick a flower to go back, and then the protagonist's illness is cured.
Although there are exaggerations in martial arts novels, the effect of Tianshan Snow Lotus is many, and it is still a national third-level endangered species and a first-class key protected wild plant. And such a precious plant, but the food of the Ili pika, I have to say that the mouth of this rat is really picky, only pick those precious plants to eat.
But for various reasons, such as the gradual reduction of the living area, many natural enemies, etc., the Ili pika has gradually decreased and has become an endangered animal, and the number is now less than a thousand. So protecting them and the places where they live is the next thing for human beings to do.
Of course, there are many netizens who say that although they are cute, the food they eat is very valuable, is it that after eating them, their health will become better and prolong their lives? It can only be said that your thoughts are very dangerous, this is against the law, and you have to live in a small black house for a long time!
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