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==Habitat== [[File:Collared Pika - Hatchers Pass Alaska.jpg|thumb|left|[[Collared pika]] on Hatcher Pass, [[Alaska]]]] Pikas are native to cold climates in [[Asia]] and [[North America]]. Most species live on rocky mountainsides, where numerous crevices are available for their shelter, although some pikas also construct crude burrows. A few burrowing species are native to open [[steppe]] land. In the mountains of [[Eurasia]], pikas often share their burrows with [[snowfinch]]es, which build their nests there.<ref name=EoM>{{cite book|editor= Macdonald, D.|author= Kawamichi, Takeo|year= 1984|title= The Encyclopedia of Mammals|publisher= Facts on File|location= New York|pages= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofma00mals_0/page/726 726]β727|isbn= 978-0-87196-871-5|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofma00mals_0}}</ref> Changing temperatures have forced some pika populations to restrict their ranges to even higher elevations.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Erb|first1=Liesl P|last2=Ray|first2=Chris|last3=Guralnick|first3=Robert|date=2011-09-01|title=On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in the distribution of the American pika (''Ochotona princeps'')|journal=Ecology|volume=92|issue=9|pages=1730β1735|doi=10.1890/11-0175.1|pmid=21939069|bibcode=2011Ecol...92.1730E |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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