Пищухи / Cute pika caught on camera

The pika is a small mammal with short limbs, a rotund body, rounded ears, and no external tail. Pikas are native to cold climates and can be found mostly in grassland and prairie areas in Asia, North America, and parts of Eastern Europe. China is home to several species of pika, including the rare Ili pika which lives in the Tianshan Mountains in China’s northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.   This recent footage captured some of these cute and tiny animals just going about their daily lives. Were th