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    ON TOP OF THE WORLD

    Jan 13, 2022 3 minutes
    Photos by FRÉDÉRIC LARREY

    Fox forays

    The Tibetan fox is widespread in the steppe and semi-desert regions of the Tibetan Plateau, its dense coat offering protecting from the bitter cold. It lives in burrows and is an obligate predator of plateau (or black-lipped) pikas: without them, the fox would not survive.

    Rock in a hard place

    Several species of pika – small mammals related to rabbits – are found on the Tibetan Plateau. Some are burrow-dwellers, but Glover’s pika () prefers rocky clefts and crevices. Incredibly, despite the

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