🐇American pika
아메리카우는토끼 또는 아메리칸 피카(Ochotona princeps)는 우는토끼과에 속하는 포유류의 일종이다. 주행성 동물이다. 북아메리칸서부 지역 산악지대의 수림 한계선이나 그 이상 지역의 바위로 된 평야에서 흔히 발견된다. 초식동물이며, 토끼나 산토끼등 보다 작다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.14 kg
- Body length
- 0.19 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 7.31 years
Everything we know about the American pika
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.14 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.1 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.19 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass2.39 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan7.31 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 7 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length2.86 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation30 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 30 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1,001 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for American pika yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderLagomorpha
- ›familyOchotonidae
- ›genusOchotona
- ›speciesOchotona princeps
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyOchotonidae
- genusOchotona
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyOchotonidae
- genusOchotona
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