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2. Yellow-bellied marmot - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Marmot - Wikipedia

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   [3] [4] In North America, on the basis of mean linear dimensions and body masses through the year, the smallest species appears to be the Alaska marmot and the largest is the Olympic marmot. [5] [7] [8] [6] Some species, such as the Himalayan marmot and Tarbagan marmot in Asia, appear to attain roughly similar body masses to the Olympic marmot ...

4. Groundhog - Wikipedia

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   The groundhog is the largest sciurid in its geographical range, excluding its presence in British Columbia where its range may be comparable to that of its somewhat larger cousin, the hoary marmot. Adults may measure from 41.8 to 68.5 cm (16 + 7 ⁄ 16 to 26 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) in total length, including a tail of 9.5 to 18.7 cm (3 + 3 ⁄ 4 to 7 ...

5. Hoary marmot - Wikipedia

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   The record sized autumn male specimen attained a mass of nearly 13.5 kg (30 lb), possibly the largest size known for any marmot. [8] Going on its average size relative to other marmot species, it is slightly smaller on average than the Olympic marmot , similar in size to the Vancouver Island marmot and broadly overlaps in size with several ...

6. Alpine marmot - Wikipedia

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   An adult alpine marmot is between 43 and 73 cm (17–29 in) in head-and-body length and the tail measures from 13 to 20 cm (5–8 in). The body mass ranges from 1.9 to 8 kg (4.2–17.6 lb), with the animals being significantly lighter in the spring (just after hibernation) than in the autumn (just before hibernation).

7. Bobak marmot - Wikipedia

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   In Kazakhstan's highlands the bobak marmot comes into contact with the gray marmot and animals tend to show intermediate features. [3] Scientists Alyona Koshkina, Johannes Kamp, et al. used satellite imagery to map the location of 7,000 Bobak marmot burrows across Kazakhstan's steppes in 2019, which are home to approximately six million marmots ...