Marmot

Marmot

A yellow-bellied marmot

Marmots are large squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species.

Biology

Some species live in mountainous areas, such as the Alps, northern Appalachia, the Rocky Mountains, the Himalayas, the Altai Mountains, and the Carpathians. Other species prefer rough grassland and can be found widely across North America and the Eurasian Steppe.

Marmots typically live in burrows (often within rockpiles, particularly in the case of the yellow-bellied marmot), and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed.

Marmots mainly eat greens and many types of grasses, berries, lichens, mosses, roots, and flowers.

Species

The following is a list of all Marmot species and their geographic distributions.

• Marmota baibacina – gray marmot or Altai marmot
• Marmota bobak – bobak marmot
• Marmota broweri – Alaska marmot
• Marmota caligata – hoary marmot
• Marmota camtschatica – Kamchatka marmot
• Marmota caudata – long-tailed marmot
• Marmota flaviventris – yellow-bellied marmot
• Marmota himalayana – Himalayan marmot
• Marmota marmota – Alpine marmot
• Marmota menzbieri – Menzbier's marmot
• Marmota monax – groundhog, woodchuck, whistlepig
• Marmota olympus – Olympic marmot
• Marmota sibirica – Tarbagan marmot
• Marmota vancouverensis – Vancouver Island marmot

See also

• Squirrel
• Hibernation
• Groundhog

External links

• The Marmot Burrow
• The Marmot

Marmot Resources
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