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title: "Szczekuszka ałtajska"
description: "Ochotona alpina — Ssaki. The alpine pika (Ochotona alpina) is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/alpine-pika
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Szczekuszka ałtajska

> Ochotona alpina — Ssaki. The alpine pika (Ochotona alpina) is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae.

- Scientific name: *Ochotona alpina*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Góry)
- iNaturalist observations: 371
- Wikidata: [Q4524](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4524)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43180](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43180)

## Names

- en: Alpine Pika
- de: Altaipfeifhase
- nl: Altaifluithaas
- pl: Szczekuszka ałtajska

## Countries with the most observations

RU (272), KZ (9), MN (6)

## Summary

The alpine pika (Ochotona alpina) is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. The summer pelage of different subspecies varies drastically but, in general, it is dark or cinnamon brown, turning to grey with a yellowish tinge during the winter. The alpine pika is found in western Mongolia, eastern Kazakhstan, and Russia (Tuva, Irkutsk, Altai, and Krasnoyarsk), as well as in China (northern Xinjiang and Heilongjiang), in very cold, mountainous regions. It is a generalist herbivore, and mainly forages on mosses, tree branches, pine nuts, and plant stems. It can emit three series of different vocalizations…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_pika

## Photo

![Szczekuszka ałtajska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/alpine-pika/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yehor Yatsiuk · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48644326

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/alpine-pika?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).