The Afghan pika is a mountain pika with a cream collar edged in russet during summer. It gathers plants, dries them, and stores them in burrows.
In summer, cream-colored fur appears around its neck, edged with russet fur. It also has small, rounded ears and short legs.
It gathers thistles and other plants, lets them dry in hay piles, and stores them in burrows.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.