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Hoary marmot near Helen Lake, Banff National Park, Canada The hoary marmot is a large, bulky, ground squirrel, with short, heavy limbs, and a broad head. Adults range from 62 to 82 cm (24 to 32 in) in total length, including a 17 to 25 cm (6.7 to 9.8 in) tail.
Marmota monax: Groundhog, woodchuck, or whistlepig Canada and east of the Mississippi in northern USA Marmota sibirica: Tarbagan marmot, Mongolian marmot, or tarvaga: Siberia Petromarmota: Marmota caligata: Hoary marmot: northwestern North America (Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Montana) Marmota flaviventris: Yellow ...
Hoary marmot, Marmota caligata, rocky areas, alpine meadows, E W A; Yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris, open rocky foothills, talus slopes, E R; Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis, high open forests, rocky areas, E W A; Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus, coniferous forests, nocturnal, E W
Pages in category "Marmots" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Himalayan marmot; Hoary marmot; L. Long-tailed marmot; M. Marmota ...
A Guide to Montana Mammals. University of Montana Press. "Northern Rockies Natural History Guide-Mammals". University of Montana’s Division of Biological Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010; Foresman, Kerry R. (2001). The Wild Mammals of Montana. American Society of Mammalogists. ISBN 1-891276-26-3.
The Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri), also known as the Brooks Range marmot [3] or the Brower's marmot, [4] is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Once considered to be the same species as the hoary marmot, it is now known to be unique. Alaska marmots are found in the scree slopes of the Brooks Range, Alaska. Specifically, they prefer ...
The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a large ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, [ 2 ] at heights between 800 and 3,200 m (2,600–10,500 ft) in the Alps , Carpathians , Tatras and Northern Apennines .
The yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventer), also known as the rock chuck, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel in the marmot genus. [2] It is one of fourteen species of marmots, and is native to mountainous and semi-arid regions of southwestern Canada and western United States, including the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and the Great Basin, often (but not exclusively) living above ...