{"id":83054,"date":"2026-01-18T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T08:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83054"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:57:31","slug":"royles-pika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/royles-pika\/","title":{"rendered":"Royle\u2019s Pika"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Royle\u2019s Pika Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists said that climate change threatens creatures like Royle\u2019s pika that have weathered extreme environments for thousands of years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Royle\u2019s Pika<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Royle&#8217;s pika (Ochotona roylei), also called the <\/span><b>Himalayan mouse hare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><b>hui shutu,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a species of pika.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in <\/span><b>open rocky landscapes<\/b> <b>and rhododendron forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 2,400\u20135,000 m elevation in the Himalayan region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is found in northwestern Pakistan to <\/span><b>Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in India <\/span><b>to Nepal and Tibet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics of Royle\u2019s pika<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>does not hibernate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Instead it <\/span><b>relies on a thick winter snowpack<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to act as an insulating blanket, shielding it from brutal sub-zero temperatures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>does not make its own nest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; rather, it takes narrow creeks and existing burrow systems as its nest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its primary <\/span><b>food plants include alpine herbs and forbs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly moisture-loving Himalayan plants efficient at photosynthesis in cool wet climates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Reproduction:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pikas breed between late spring and summer. Sexual maturity is reached between 7-10 months.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> IUCN: Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Climate change and population isolation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/amp\/story\/wildlife-biodiversity\/whiskers-all-aquiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royle\u2019s Pika is found in open rocky landscapes and rhododendron forests at 2,400\u20135,000 m elevation in the Himalayan region. 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