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Spotting

Spotting Image 1

Habitat:

Mountain side 2000 m hight

3 Species ID Suggestions

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ClementDufour
ClementDufour 12 years ago
Hoary mammot
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Thordarson
Thordarson 12 years ago
Prarie dog
Cynomys
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phidauex
phidauex 12 years ago
Yellow-Bellied Marmot
Marmota flaviventris Marmota flaviventris (Audubon and Bachman, 1841)


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4 Comments

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MickGrant
MickGrant 12 years ago

Yep Rock chuck

SheaEckert
SheaEckert 12 years ago

I also agree that it is the yellow-bellied marmot...

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Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

I suspect this is a yellow-bellied as the hoary's range is further north.

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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

its a marmot, either yellow bellied or hoary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot

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ClaudioEduardoGermanoPatto
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ClaudioEduardoGermanoPatto

Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Aug 22, 1998
Submitted on May 22, 2011

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