Editing Lagomorpha (section)

=== Pikas ===
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[[File:Pika.jpg|thumb|right|[[American pika]] in Alberta]]
[[Pika]]s, also known as conies,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lagomorphs - EnchantedLearning.com |url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/lagomorphs/ |website=www.enchantedlearning.com |access-date=2015-08-15}}</ref> are entirely represented by the family Ochotonidae and are small mammals native to mountainous regions of western North America and Central Asia. They are mostly about {{cvt|15|cm|0}} long and have greyish-brown, silky fur, small rounded ears, and almost no tail. Their four legs are nearly equal in length. Some species live in [[scree]], making their homes in the crevices between broken rocks, while others construct burrows in upland areas. The rock-dwelling species are typically long-lived and solitary, having one or two small litters each year contributing to stable populations. The burrowing species, in contrast, are short-lived, [[wiktionary:gregarious|gregarious]] and have multiple large litters during the year. These species tend to have large swings in population size. The gestation period of the pika is around one month long, and the newborns are altricial (eyes and ears closed, no fur).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/American-Pika |title=American Pika |website=National Wildlife Federation |language=en |access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> The social behaviour of the two groups also differs: the rock dwellers aggressively maintain scent-marked territories, while the burrowers live in family groups, they interact vocally with each other and defend a mutual territory. Pikas are diurnal and are active early and late in the day during hot weather. They feed on all sorts of plant material. As they do not hibernate, they make "haypiles" of dried vegetation which they collect and carry back to their homes to store for use during winter.<ref name=Britanniapika>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/pika |title=Pika |author=Smith, Andrew T. |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref>