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Ochotona curzoniae (Plateau Pika; Black-lipped Pika)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae), also known as the Black-lipped Pika is a species of mammal in the Ochotonidae family commonly known as pika. They prefer to live in elevations of 3,100 to 5,000 meters, mostly in the Tibetan Plateau, which is where the common name originates from. The species is found in China, Pakistan, India, and Nepal in high alpine deserts, steppe and meadows, as well as tropical and subtropical montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Ochotona curzoniae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
23
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 45.57
EDGE Score: 3.84
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Herbivore

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Alashan Plateau semi-desert China, Mongolia Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests India, Nepal Indo-Malayan Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Bhutan, India, Nepal Indo-Malayan Temperate Coniferous Forests
Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, India Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests China, India, Bhutan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows China, Pakistan, India Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Qaidam Basin semi-desert China Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Qilian Mountains conifer forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Taklimakan desert China Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows India, Nepal Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Yarlung Tsangpo arid steppe China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No

Predators

Accipiter gentilis (Northern Goshawk)[2]
Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[2]
Athene noctua (Little Owl)[2]
Bubo bubo hemachalanus[3]
Buteo hemilasius (Upland Buzzard)[3]
Falco cherrug (Saker Falcon)[2]
Felis manul (Pallas's Cat)[2]
Milvus migrans (Black Kite)[2]
Mustela altaica (Mountain Weasel)[2]
Mustela eversmanii (Steppe Polecat)[2]
Vulpes ferrilata (Tibetan Sand Fox)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Amalaraeus dissimilis angularis[4]
Amphalius clarus clarus[4]
Amphalius spirataenius[4]
Amphalius spirataenius qinghaiensis[4]
Amphipsylla jingtieshanensis[4]
Amphipsylla primaris primaris[4]
Amphipsylla quadratedigita[4]
Callopsylla sparsilis[4]
Callopsylla sparsilis sparsilis[4]
Diuterinotaenia daofuensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Echinococcus multilocularis[5]
Frontopsylla aspiniformis[4]
Genoneopsylla angustidigita[4]
Oropsylla silantiewi[4]
Paradoxopsyllus custodis[4]
Paradoxopsyllus naryni[4]
Rhadinopsylla dahurica tjanschan[4]
Rhadinopsylla dahurica vicina[4]
Rhadinopsylla dives[4]
Rhadinopsylla ioffi[4]
Rhadinopsylla li ventricosa[4]
Schizorchis altaica <Unverified Name>[5]

Range Map

Link to Map
Southern Asia;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Hoffman R.S., 15-Aug-2007, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a keystone species for biodiversity on the Tibetan plateau, Andrew T. Smith and J. Marc Foggin, Animal Conservation (1999) 2, 235–240 ♦ 3SUMMER DIET OF TWO SYMPATRIC SPECIES OF RAPTORS UPLAND BUZZARD (BUTEO HEMILASIUS) AND EURASIAN EAGLE OWL (BUBO BUBO) IN ALPINE MEADOW: PROBLEM OF COEXISTENCE, Qinghu CUI, Jianping SU, Zhigang JIANG, POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, Vol 56, 1 pp. 173–179 (2008) ♦ 4International Flea Database ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
EDGE analysis provided by EDGE of Existence programme, Zoological Society of London
Range map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access