Pika By: HB

Animal Name: Pika

Kingdom: mammalia

Characteristics that place it there:

Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics that place it there:

• notchecord

• internal skeleton
• tubular nerve cord

Order: Lagomorpha

Characteristics that place it there:

•  small mammal which resembles a rodent
• short tail
• no canines
• cheek teeth are rootless

Family: Ochotonidae

characteristics that place it there:

• obvious almost round ears
• lack external tail
• gray to brown fur

Genius and species: Prolagus

characteristics that place it there:

References:

http://ice.ucdavis.edu/pika/pikapage.html

http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/wyndd/Mammals/mammals_pikas.htm

Poem

The pika is an animal

it is not a camel.

It is not a dog

Nor a frog.

The pika is not a cat.

But yes you guessed it the pika is a rat.

It is not tall it is small.

It has big ears.

Which enable it to hear.

The pika is a rat .

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