Re: [PIC] Common Pika

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Prudence wrote:
> Geraldine Jones <we9...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote in message
> news:Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.990817133139.13284A-100000@vtn1...
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Amykate wrote:
> > In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.990816144650.7861D-100000@vtn1>,
> Geraldine Jones <we9...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
> > >On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, JRO wrote:
> > >> Geraldine Jones <we9...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.990808215407.11301A-100000@vtn1...
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> Please feel free to diddle....and he needs a bushy tail.  The picture
looked so much better..sigh...
> > >> >
> > >> Maybe his tail is gone, because Clover's cat got ahold of it. That
could be why her cat is mad; this is the one that got away....
> > >>
> > >> JRO
> > >
So that's what happened to Pika's tail.  Clover...talk to your cat, get
the tail and put it back on!  Or, if someone else's cat took it, put it
back.  (in other words, Pika needs a tail...diddles needed)
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> > The pika resembles a small rabbit and is included in the rabbit order,
Lagomorpha, but it belongs to a different family. It has broad, rounded
ears, and all four of its legs are about the same length. The pika is
tailless and reaches a length of 6 to 9 inches (15-23 cm). Its deep, soft
coat is grayish or buff in color.
> >
> > I think someone is pulling all our tails .... because pikas don't have
> > any! I played with the whiskers a bit, rounded the ears, and some
> > minor body changes.
> 
> Does anyone have a copy of Beautiful British Columbia magazine..Winter
> 1997..Vol. 39, No. 4?  See page 44.  The picture of "Ochotona
> Princeps"..the Common Pika..HAS a tail!  It lives at about 2,700 metres
> in the Rockies...above the treeline.
> 
> OR...it's the back or rear-end of another...but looks like a small bushy
> tail to me.  I need an animal encyclopedia!
> 
hmmm...couldnt resist some researching...what I came up with:  Pikas
"The northern or collared pika (Ochotona collaris) is closely related to
hares and rabbits. Also called the "rock rabbit," "coney," and "little
chief hare," the pika's name is derived from the Siberian word for this
animal, puka. All but 2 of the 19 existing species of pika occur in Asia,
where they probably originated. Fossil remains indicate that the pika
family is over 15 million years old and most likely reached North America
by crossing the Bering land bridge. General description: Pikas have stocky
bodies, short legs, and are almost tailless."
> 
"ALMOST TAILESS"??? ahhhhhhh :)
> 
Thanks for the info Prudence....well we are getting closer to the missing
tail.

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