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		<title>The Plateau Pika</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-plateau-pika/" title="The Plateau Pika" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="140" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pp1a-300x140.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="plateau pika" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pp1a-300x140.jpeg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pp1a-800x374.jpeg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pp1a-1536x719.jpeg 1536w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pp1a-scaled.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The plateau pika, aka black-lipped pika, hails from the Tibetan Plateau in China, India, and Nepal. They prefer to dwell in higher elevations of up to 16,400 feet. Their preferred habitats are alpine deserts, steppes, meadows, and also tropical and subtropical montane forests. Even though they face the threats of [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Beautiful, Endangered Siberian Tiger</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-beautiful-endangered-siberian-tiger/" title="The Beautiful, Endangered Siberian Tiger" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="159" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/st1a-300x159.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Siberian tiger" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/st1a-300x159.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/st1a-800x424.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/st1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Siberian tiger, aka Amur tiger, is the largest &#x201C;big cat&#x201D; in the world. But only in captivity. In the wild, the Bengal tiger is the largest. They can be found in the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and potentially North Korea (although this isn&#x2019;t confirmed). Amur tigers prefer taiga [&#x2026;]</p>
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