Yellow-Bellied Marmot
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Sciuridae
Marmota
Marmota flaviventris
The Yellow-bellied Marmot feeds entirely on green vegetation of many kinds. In the fall, it puts on a layer of fat, which sustains it through hibernation from August (October in the mountains of New Mexico)… More »
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Yellow-bellied Marmot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yellow-bellied Marmot ( Marmota flaviventris ), also known as the Rock Chuck , is a ground squirrel in the marmot genus. It lives in the western United States and southwestern Canada, includ...
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Yellow-bellied marmots chuck, whistle, and trill when alarmed by predators; only the whistles and trills are loud alarm calls. Click on a vocalization to hear it, or read a more detailed summary of yellow-bellied marmot alarm calling.
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Yellow-bellied marmot chirps are their most common vocalization (97% of all vocalizations are chirps). Chirps are very short vocalizations (typically 50 milliseconds long) whose pitch, duration, and overall shape varies a bit.
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Yellow-bellied marmots range from southwestern Canada throughout the western ... Yellow-bellied marmots generally occupy open habitats such as steppes, ...
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The Biogeography of Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) ... Stealey, Victoria L. 1981. Behavior, Diet, and Ecology of the Yellow-bellied Marmot, Marmota Flaviventris, in the Sierra Nevada. San Francisco, CA. San Francisco State University.
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The yellow-bellied marmot is a heavy-set, brown grizzled animal with white areas on the chin and (as the name suggests) a yellowish belly. Marmots can be waddling fat in the fall, and their long fur makes them look even fatter.
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Common Name: Yellow-bellied Marmot; Class: Mammalia; Order: Rodentia; Family: Sciuridae; Genus: Marmota; Species: Marmota flaviventris ... Yellow-bellied Marmot Taxonomy/Description ... Yellow-bellied Marmot Habitat/Diet...
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The yellow-bellied marmot is common and widespread in, or near, rocky areas in the Sierra Nevada and Cascades from southern Tulare Co. north to the Oregon border, and in the White Mts. of California and Nevada.
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