Re: [PIC] Common Pika

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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> >> > I tried using a tranceparancy, but can't seem to do whiskers.
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.
>
> Copyright � 1996 P.F. Collier, A Division of Newfield Publications,
Inc.
> George G. Goodwin, PIKA,., Vol. 19, Colliers Encyclopedia CD-ROM,
> 02-28-1996.
>
> 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 :)

smilin'
Prudence

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