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The American pika is assumed to have started out with its ancestors from Beringia They then moved across the Bering Land Bridge into what is now the Americas and they evolved into the collared pika evolution The Collard pika lives more northern in Alaska and Canada and most importantly for our purposes the American pika which lives more southern along the edges of the western mountain ranges and into the top of Colorado Now zoom forward a few thousand years and the American pika has evolved into what it looks like now somewhat resembling a rabbit except with shorter rounded ears and no visible tail It has a somewhat round body and is also known as the little chief hare Their bodies are usually between 162 to 216mm or A little over half a foot to 8 inches They have hind feet that are somewhat larger than their front ranging from 1 1 and a half inches
They weigh almost nothing around 170 grams, All in all, they are small enough to hold The males are usually larger than the females although not by much Its feet are completely covered in fur except for black pads on the end of its toes Its ears are covered in fur on both sides and are normally dark except for white highlights around the edges As I said before it has no visible tail but it has one and it is long compared to its body and most other animals in its family Its skull is mostly rounded with a large flat area at the bottom Their fur is between gray and brown and is often lighter browns in the summer and greyer longer fur in the winter Pika s get their food by eating thistle grasses and fireweed
