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Yellow-bellied marmot

Marmota flaviventris

Description:

The yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris), also known as the rock chuck, is a ground squirrel in the marmot genus.

Habitat:

Marmots choose to dig burrows under rocks because predators are less likely to see their burrow.

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15 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Alice.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

On Guard! Very Nice!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Joshua Asel, arnott.myles, Landmark Expert, Yuko Chartraw, Kranti Azad and Reiko

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Nice!

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

very nice :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Beautiful photos! So cute!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 11 years ago

awesome@luis

arnott.myles
arnott.myles 11 years ago

That little guy is so cute it looks like a woodchuck

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

great pics! :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Mauna, cnippold, Olivia, Mona and Dan.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Great spot! Look at that fur, just begs to be pet!

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 11 years ago

So cute.. :)

Olivia Chee
Olivia Chee 11 years ago

Cute!

cnippold
cnippold 11 years ago

Cool

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

So, so cute!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 6, 2012
Submitted on May 24, 2013

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