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Bobak marmot

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Species : Marmota bobak

 

The Bobak marmot is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Bobak marmot

Bobak Marmot or Marmota bobak is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent . (Full text)

Yudin Kazakhstan Marmota bobak is a large hybernating rodent (body length up to 58 cm, tale length - up to 14,5 cm) adapted to burrow life. (Full text)

Weighing in at 4-6Kg and measuring anywhere from 40-65cm, with the tail contributing anything up to 20cm more, the Bobak Marmot is a particularly large sub-species. (Full text)

Számos helyen az üregi nyúl (Oryctolagus cuniculus) és a mormota (Marmota bobak) is elõkerül, amelyeknek kotorékában találnak megfelelõ fészkelõ helyre a sóstavak vörös (Tardona ferruginea) és bütykös ásólúdjai (Tardona tardona). (Full text)

bobak (Marmota bobak) is a highly social animal that lives in colonies. (Full text)

1. marmot -- (stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter)
marmot
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