Sentence examples for the pika from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.
He said the pika was being forced further upslope at Yosemite to escape the heat.
The pika dwells on talus slopes, and the prairie dog inhabits the drier valleys and plateaus.
In February, federal officials declined to give endangered species status to the pika.
At the upper limit of woody vegetation live the pika and marmot.
He has never interacted with a single human, preferring to keep his distance, much like the beaver or the pika.
Evidence: The Chinese Academy of Sciences voted the pika to be a keystone species and not a pest.
In some places, scientists say the pika has run out of room to run and populations have disappeared.
One lesson about it was this: If you see and survive the pika, you have a few seconds to duck.
The ad for the pika is just one of three that Human Ideas has created for Earthjustice.
The pika is well known to be intolerant of heat; experiments in the 1970s showed that just a few hours in 27 °C heat can strike them dead.
The Japanese called the atom bomb the pika-don, the "flash-bang".
