Turkestan Red Pika Ochotona rutila

Pikas are related to rabbits but are smaller and have rounded ears and no visible tail. The Turkestan Red Pika lives on rocky slopes of the Tian Shan mountains and other Central Asian ranges, nesting in rock crevices rather than burrows. This one was on Kazakhstan's Tian Shan slopes.

The second row of cute Pika photos is from Alexandra Makhnina in Kazakhstan.