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- Title
Marmota caligata (Rodentia: Sciuridae).
- Authors
BRAUN, JANET K.; EATON JR., T. SCOTT; MARES, MICHAEL A.
- Abstract
Marmota caligata (Eschscholtz, 1829), a large ground squirrel commonly called the hoary marmot, is 1 of 15 species of extant marmots. It is distributed in western North Americ a from Alaska and Canada south to Washington and Montana and is found at elevations ranging from sea level to 2,500 m. M. caligata prefers alpine and subalpine boulder piles and talus slopes surrounded by meadows. The species is listed as "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, although populations ofMontague Island and Glacier Bay are of conservation concern by the State of Alaska.
- Subjects
NORTH America; HOARY marmot; NATURAL history; FOSSIL sciuridae; SUBALPINE zone; MOUNTAIN biodiversity; CONSERVATION of natural resources
- Publication
Mammalian Species, 2011, Issue 884-888, p155
- ISSN
0076-3519
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1644/884.1