vs Plateau Pika

Neonectria punicea compared with Ochotona curzoniae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Plateau Pika
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Nectriaceae	Ochotonidae
Genus	Neonectria	Ochotona
Species	Neonectria punicea	Ochotona curzoniae

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Plateau Pika

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Plateau Pika
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Plateau Pika

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Neonectria punicea is a pyrenomycete fungus in the family Nectriaceae, assessed as Least Concern (LC). It produces bright red or crimson perithecia on dead wood and bark of broadleaf trees. It is a saprotrophic fungus widely distributed in temperate forests across the Northern Hemisphere.