Bioacoustics of Ochotona (Pika) princeps

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687 recordings

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biology_ecology · Plazi

Movements, Home range and Social organization. The American Pika moves aboveground by running and leaping openly. Home ranges are ¢.1000-2200 m?, depending on location and method of analysis. Defended core areas are 410-709 m?. Males and females have overlapping home ranges of similar sizes. Although American Pikas form spatial pairs, mating often occurs between non-neighboring pikas. Densities are 220-990 ind/km?. Areas occupied are marked with old hay piles, latrines, and white urine markings. Two distinct vocalizations of the American Pika serve to alarm and function in social interactions.

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discussion · Plazi

According to mtDNA and nDNA, O. princeps belongs to subgenus Pika. This species previously included O. collaris , but this sister species was found to be separate based on morphology, chromosomes, and,later, genetic markers. Number of subspecies decreased from 36 to five; subspecies were designated on based on pelage color, body size, bioacoustic features, and allozyme variation. Recent subspecific taxonomy is based on mtDNA and nDNA markers and partly correlates with morphology and bioacoustics. According to morphological study, O. princeps includes albata, barnesi, brooksi, brunnescens, cinnamomea, clamosa, cuppes, fenisex, figginsi, fumosa, fuscipes, goldmani, howelli, incana, jewetti, lasalensis, lemha, levis, littoralis, lutescens, minimus, moore, muiri, nevadensis, nigrescens, obscura, saturata, saxatilis, schisticeps, septentrionalis, shelton, taylori, tutelata, winta, utahensis, ventorum, and wasatchensis. Five subspecies recognized.

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Recordings

687 in audioBlast.

iNat296452133 Ashnola pika (Ochotona princeps fenisex)
Matthew Cozart 2025-07-07 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat364224262 Ashnola pika (Ochotona princeps fenisex)
Lex Orr 2026-05-21 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat339851 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Ken-ichi Ueda 2013-07-13 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat174407202 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Sean Cozart 2023-07-21 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat246067156 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Richard Hasegawa 2024-10-05 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat302721498 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Castillo Vardaro Molecular Ecology Lab 2025-07-31 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat339851 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Ken-ichi Ueda 2013-07-13 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat174407202 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Sean Cozart 2023-07-21 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat246067156 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Richard Hasegawa 2024-10-05 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat302721498 Gray-headed Pika (Ochotona princeps schisticeps)
Castillo Vardaro Molecular Ecology Lab 2025-07-31 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat392151 American Pika (Ochotona princeps)
Ken-ichi Ueda 2013-09-07 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat24640838 American Pika (Ochotona princeps)
ksprenger 2019-05-03 iNaturalist listen › record

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The rows audioBlast holds for this taxon, each matched to the same Catalogue of Life node. Where a source classifies it differently, its own classification is kept.

SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
PlaziOchotona princepsSpeciesOchotonidaePlazi/Ochotona princeps
iNaturalistOchotona princepsSpeciesOchotonidaeiNaturalist/43188
xeno-cantoOchotona princepsSpecies—xeno-canto/Ochotona princeps

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