Name:Ochotona argentata
Alias:Helan Mountain pika, Ningxia pika
Outline:Lagomorpha
Family:Lagomorpha Ochotonidae Ochotona
length:200mm
Weight:176~236g
IUCN:LC
Ningxia pika, also known as Helan Mountain pika, belongs to the Leporidae, Lepus species, and Lepus genus. It is a critically endangered species in the world. It is a pika that only lives in the ridge area of the Helan Mountains in northwest China. It mainly inhabits mountain gravel belts above 2,000 meters above sea level, lives in the cracks of rubble, and has a simple tunnel structure. It is active during the day and frequently moves at dawn and dusk, and will build typical pika haystacks.
Ningxia pika mainly feeds on leaves and stems of Artemisia, Euphorbia and Poaceae plants. It does not hibernate in winter. The breeding season begins in early April, with one litter per year, 2 to 4 pups per litter.
On July 3, 2017, the photos of small animals taken by Hugo, a netizen from Inner Mongolia, in the Helan Mountain National Forest Park in Ningxia attracted everyone's attention.