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Marmots are members of the genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Marmota, in the rodent
Rodent

Rodentia is an Order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing Incisors#The_Rodent_incisor in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
 family Sciuridae
Sciuridae

The sciurids or squirrels are a large Family of rodents. The word Sciuridae means "shade-tail," and refers to the bushy appendage possessed by many of its members....
 (squirrels).

Marmots are generally large ground squirrel
Ground squirrel

The ground squirrels are the members of the Sciuridae most closely related to the genus Marmota. They make up the Tribe Marmotini in the large and mainly Terrestrial animal squirrel subfamily Xerinae, and containing six living genera....
s. Those most often referred to as marmots tend to live in mountainous areas such as the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
, northern Apennines, Carpathians
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
, Tatra
Tatra Mountains

The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , constitute a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They occupy an area of 750 km?, the major part of which lies in Slovakia....
, and Pyrenees
Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ....
 in Europe, the Rockies
Rockies

Rockies can mean the following:* Rocky Mountains, a North American mountain range* Colorado Rockies, a Colorado Major League baseball team* Colorado Rockies , a former NHL hockey team that became the New Jersey Devils...
 and the Sierra Nevada in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and Northern Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. However, the groundhog
Groundhog

The groundhog , also known as the woodchuck, land beaver or whistlepig, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots....
 is also properly called a marmot, while the similarly-sized but more social prairie dog
Prairie dog

Prairie dogs are small, burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. There are five different species of prairie dogs: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs....
 is not classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys.

Marmots typically live in burrow
Burrow

A burrow is a hole or tunnel dug into the ground by an animal to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of locomotion....
s, and hibernate
Hibernation

Hibernation is a state of inactivity and Metabolism depression in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate....
 there through the winter.






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Marmots are members of the genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Marmota, in the rodent
Rodent

Rodentia is an Order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing Incisors#The_Rodent_incisor in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
 family Sciuridae
Sciuridae

The sciurids or squirrels are a large Family of rodents. The word Sciuridae means "shade-tail," and refers to the bushy appendage possessed by many of its members....
 (squirrels).

Marmots are generally large ground squirrel
Ground squirrel

The ground squirrels are the members of the Sciuridae most closely related to the genus Marmota. They make up the Tribe Marmotini in the large and mainly Terrestrial animal squirrel subfamily Xerinae, and containing six living genera....
s. Those most often referred to as marmots tend to live in mountainous areas such as the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
, northern Apennines, Carpathians
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
, Tatra
Tatra Mountains

The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , constitute a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They occupy an area of 750 km?, the major part of which lies in Slovakia....
, and Pyrenees
Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ....
 in Europe, the Rockies
Rockies

Rockies can mean the following:* Rocky Mountains, a North American mountain range* Colorado Rockies, a Colorado Major League baseball team* Colorado Rockies , a former NHL hockey team that became the New Jersey Devils...
 and the Sierra Nevada in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and Northern Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. However, the groundhog
Groundhog

The groundhog , also known as the woodchuck, land beaver or whistlepig, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots....
 is also properly called a marmot, while the similarly-sized but more social prairie dog
Prairie dog

Prairie dogs are small, burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. There are five different species of prairie dogs: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs....
 is not classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys.

Marmots typically live in burrow
Burrow

A burrow is a hole or tunnel dug into the ground by an animal to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of locomotion....
s, and hibernate
Hibernation

Hibernation is a state of inactivity and Metabolism depression in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate....
 there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social, and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed.

The name marmot comes from French marmotte, from Old French marmotan, marmontaine, from Old Franco-Provençal, from Low Latin mures montani "mountain mouse", from Latin mures monti, from Classical Latin mures alpini "Alps mouse".

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

Species

The following is a list of all Marmota species recognized by Thorington and Hoffman (2005). They divide marmots into two subgenera
Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. See rank and rank .In ICZN, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a binomen, in parentheses, placed between the name of a biological genus and specific name: e.g....
.

  • Genus Marmota - marmots
    • Subgenus Marmota
      • Alpine Marmot
        Alpine Marmot

        The Alpine Marmot is a species of marmot found in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe. Alpine Marmots live at heights between 800 and 3,200 metres, in the Alps, Carpathian Mountains, Tatra mountains, the Pyrenees and Mount Baldo by the Riva del Garda, Italy....
         Marmota marmota found only in Europe
        Europe

        Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
         in the Alps
        Alps

        The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
        , northern Apennines in Italy, Carpathians
        Carpathian Mountains

        The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
        , Tatra
        Tatra Mountains

        The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , constitute a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They occupy an area of 750 km?, the major part of which lies in Slovakia....
        , and reintroduced in the Pyrenees
        Pyrenees

        The Pyrenees are a mountain range in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ....
        .
      • Gray Marmot
        Gray Marmot

        The Gray Marmot is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Xinjiang-Province in China, Southeastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and in the Altai Mountains and Tien Shan Mountains in Southeastern Siberia in Russia....
         or Altai Marmot Marmota baibacina Siberia
        Siberia

        Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
      • Bobak Marmot
        Bobak Marmot

        The bobak marmot , also known as the steppe marmot, is a species of marmot that inhabits the steppes of Russia and Central Asia.Here it is found in Eastern Europe, east through Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia to North and Central Kazakhstan....
         Marmota bobak Central Europe
        Europe

        Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
         to Central Asia
        Asia

        Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
      • Alaska Marmot
        Alaska Marmot

        The Alaska Marmot is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in the scree slopes of the Brooks Range, Alaska, which provide protection from predators....
        , Brower's Marmot or Brooks Range
        Brooks Range

        The Brooks Range is a mountain range that stretches from west to east across northern Alaska and into Canada's Yukon Territory, a total distance of about 1100 km ....
         Marmot Marmota broweri Nearctic
        Nearctic

        The Nearctic is one of the eight Terrestrial ecoregion ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico....
      • Black-capped Marmot
        Black-capped Marmot

        The Black-capped Marmot is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is Endemism to Russia. Category:Fauna of Russia...
         Marmota camtschatica Eastern Siberia
        Siberia

        Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
      • Long-tailed Marmot
        Long-tailed Marmot

        The Long-tailed Marmot or Marmota De Cola Larga is a species of marmot in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan....
        , Golden Marmot or Red Marmot Marmota caudata Central Asia
      • Himalayan marmot
        Himalayan marmot

        Himalayan Marmots are marmots found in the Himalayan regions ranging in elevation from 300 metres to 4,500 metres. They are about the size of a large cat, and live in colonies....
         or Tibetan Snow Pig Marmota himalayana Himalaya
      • Menzbier's Marmot
        Menzbier's Marmot

        The Menzbier's Marmot is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan....
         Marmota menzbieri Central Asia
      • Woodchuck, Groundhog, or Whistlepig Marmota monax North America
        North America

        North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
      • Tarbagan Marmot
        Tarbagan Marmot

        The Tarbagan marmot is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in China , Northern and Western Mongolia, and Russia . In the Mongolian Altai Mountains the range overlaps with that of the Gray Marmot....
        , Mongolian Marmot or Tarvaga Marmota sibirica, Siberia
    • Subgenus Petromarmota
      • Hoary Marmot
        Hoary Marmot

        The hoary marmot is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America. The largest populations are in Alaska. In the northern part of that state they may live near sea level....
         Marmota caligata Northwestern North America
        North America

        North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
      • Yellow-bellied Marmot
        Yellow-bellied Marmot

        The Yellow-bellied Marmot , also known as the Rock Chuck, is a ground squirrel in the marmot genus. It lives in the western United States and southwestern Canada, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada ....
         Marmota flaviventris South western Canada
        Canada

        Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
        , Western United States
        United States

        The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
      • Olympic Marmot
        Olympic Marmot

        The Olympic Marmot, Marmota olympus, is a marmot . They are found in Alpine meadow and subalpine meadows and scree of the Olympic Peninsula of the U.S....
         Marmota olympus Olympic Peninsula
        Olympic Peninsula

        The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the east by Puget Sound and the Hood Canal....
        , Washington, USA
      • Vancouver Island Marmot
        Vancouver Island Marmot

        The Vancouver Island marmot is found only in the high mountainous regions of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, and in captive breeding centres across Canada because of its endangered status....
         Marmota vancouverensis Vancouver Island
        Vancouver Island

        Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Ocean coast of North America between 1791 and 1794....
        , British Columbia
        British Columbia

        British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
        , Canada
        Canada

        Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....


Examples of species


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