Lagomys

Lagomys, a genus of rodents, much resembling hares or rabbits, but with limbs of more equal length, more perfect clavicles, longer claws, longer head, shorter ears, and no tail. There are about a dozen species, one in south-east Europe, one on the Rocky Mountains, and the rest on the mountains of northern Asia. They are about the size of guinea-pigs, and make burrows, but are particularly interesting for their habit of stacking choice herbage for winter use. The stacks of the Siberian species, the Alpine Lagomys or Pika (L. alpinus), are said to be utilised by the sable-hunters for fodder.