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Identifying Characteristics
Image Caption:
A yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) sits on a rock. The yellow-bellied marmot is more colorful than the woodchuck (Marmota monax), and has lighter colored feet and more reddish fur around the neck than the hoary marmot (Marmota caligara) (Frase & Hoffman, 1980).
Works Cited:
Frase, B. A. & Hoffman, R. S. (1980). Marmota flaviventris. The American Society of Mammalogists Mammalian Species 135. (Clark Science Center Link).
Image Location:South Dakota, Black Hills, Iron Creek Lake
Image Date: 2010JUN04
Image Species: (Marmota flaviventris dakota
(EXIF Information is accurate – stamped in UTC).
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Web Page and Pictures By Peter Leitheiser
Updated: 2010JUN29
For general information about family Sciuridae, the squirrel family, see
Sciuridae (ADW)
Sciuridae (Wikipedia)
A yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) sits on a rock. The yellow-bellied marmot is more colorful than the woodchuck (Marmota monax), and has lighter colored feet and more reddish fur around the neck than the hoary marmot (Marmota caligara) (Frase & Hoffman, 1980).
Works Cited:
Frase, B. A. & Hoffman, R. S. (1980). Marmota flaviventris. The American Society of Mammalogists Mammalian Species 135. (Clark Science Center Link).
Image Location:
Image Date: 2010JUN04
Image Species: (Marmota flaviventris dakota
(EXIF Information is accurate – stamped in UTC).
This page changes weekly. For a permanent link, click here.
Web Page and Pictures By Peter Leitheiser
Updated: 2010JUN29
For general information about family Sciuridae, the squirrel family, see
Sciuridae (ADW)
Sciuridae (Wikipedia)