yellow-bellied marmot
marmota flaviventis latin
rock chuck

In the higher alpine areas, one can find yellow-bellied marmots and pikas.

Yellow-bellied marmots are found on the canyon floor.

The valley is abundant in wildlife, including black bears, mule deer, yellow-bellied marmots, and some species of freshwater fish.

Yellow-bellied marmots spend about 80% of their life in their burrow, 60% of which is spent hibernating.

Yellow-bellied marmots are diurnal.

Why do Yellow-bellied Marmots Call?

You are on a forest slope when your guide tells you to practice your shooting on some Yellow-bellied Marmots.

Common animals in the wilderness include yellow-bellied marmots, pikas, golden-mantled ground squirrels, Clark's nutcrackers, and American Black Bear.

A half-dozen yellow-bellied marmots were playing on the grass, but at his approach they ducked for shelter in a jumble of rocks that had tumbled from the ridge above.

Ken Armitage started a study of yellow-bellied marmots in 1962 and it has been continued by Dirk Van Vuren and now Dan Blumstein.

Mule deer, coyotes, black bears, yellow-bellied marmots, raccoons and mountain lions all have ranges that are coincident with forests that cover parts of the Mono-Inyo craters.

I can freeze in place, too, the chubby, teasing, yellow-bellied marmots that tore across our path from time to time or coyly lolled on their boulders at a safe distance.

The prairie surrounding the park is a habitat for pronghorn antelope, and other species inhabiting the park include mule deer, northern pocket gophers, skunks, raccoons, yellow-bellied marmots, and bobcat.

Smaller animals found in the Missions include hoary marmots, yellow-bellied marmots, snowshoe rabbit, pica, chipmunk, squirrel, porcupine, muskrat, badger, skunk, beaver, marten, weasel, and mink.

The woodchuck is found in rural and suburban areas across most of the Eastern United States and southern Canada, with its close relatives, the hoary and yellow-bellied marmots of Western mountain regions.

In Alberta, Columbian Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus) (occasionally supplemented by other species like Yellow-bellied Marmots) were the primary prey species, made up 84% of the diet of eagles nesting there.

Wildlife abounds in and around Vedauwoo with Wyoming ground squirrels, mule deer, elk, moose, yellow-bellied marmots, least chipmunks, pronghorn, wild turkeys, badgers, prairie dogs, coyotes, and mountain lions all calling the area home.

Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventis) in the Grand Teton National Park.