最初发现伊利鼠兔这个物种的中国科学院新疆生态与地理研究所的李维东研究员,为了搜寻鼠兔在天山地区组织了一支志愿者队伍。一天中午,当他们设置好相机陷阱后,就获得了这个发现。
"They found it hiding behind a rock, and they realized they had found the pika. They were very excited," said Tatsuya Shin, a naturalist in China who works with the pika's discoverers.
“他们发现有个小东西藏在石头后面,仔细一看是一只鼠兔,大家都高兴坏了。和中国团队一起工作的一位自然学家说。
The animal was about 8 inches (20 centimeters) long, with large ears and several small brown spots in its gray fur. Li wasn't familiar with the species, nor were nearbyherdsmen. Li caught a specimen and sent it to a scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who said he believed the pika was a new species.
这种动物长大约20厘米,大大的耳朵,灰色的皮毛上有零星的棕色斑点。李维东没见过这类物种,当地的人也没见过。于是李维东就抓了一只做成标本送到了中科院的一位专家手中,专家仔细研究之后,认为这只鼠兔属于一个全新的物种。
Like other species of pika found in North America, the Ili pika lives at high elevations—between 9,200 and 13,450 feet (2,800 to 4,100 meters)—and subsists mainly on grasses, herbs, and other mountain plants.
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