What is Pika?
{{Taxobox | name = Pika<ref name=MSW>{{MSW3 Hoffmann|pages=185-193}}</ref> <!-- | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Oligocene|Recent}} <ref>{{cite book |author= Savage, RJG, & Long, MR|year=1986 |title= Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide|url= https://archive.org/details/mammalevolutioni00sava|publisher= Facts on File|location=New York|pages= [https://archive.org/details/mammalevolutioni00sava/page/n67 128]|isbn= 0-8160-1194-X}}</ref> --> | image = Ochotona princeps.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = [[American Pika]], (''Ochotona princeps''), in Sequoia National Park | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Lagomorpha]] | familia = '''Ochotonidae''' | familia_authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1897 | genus = '''''Ochotona''''' | genus_authority = [[Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]], 1795 | type_species = ''[[Daurian Pika|Ochotona minor]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]], 1795<br />(= ''Lepus dauuricus'' [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1776) <!-- | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = See text --> }} A '''pika''' is a small [[mammal]] related to the [[hare]] and the [[rabbit]] ([[lagomorph]]). Pikas are also known as '''rock rabbits''' or '''coneys'''. Pikas have short limbs, a round body, an even coat of fur, round ears, and no external tail.<ref>{{cite web|author=Melissa Breyer|date=2 September 2016|title=Meet the 'mouse-bunny' that could vanish from the US|url=https://www.treehugger.com/animals/what-know-about-mouse-bunny-could-vanish-states.html|publisher=treehugger}}</ref> There are 37 different [[species]] of pika. Most pikas live in colder climates, on [[Rock (geology)|rocky]] mountain slopes. Pikas need cold temperatures to live, and can die if exposed to temperatures above {{convert|77.9|F|C|order=flip}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=American Pika|url=https://www.fws.gov/nevada/nv_species/pika.html|access-date=2018-11-18|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|archive-date=2020-10-20|archive-url=https://web.ar