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Alaska marmot

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

 

The Alaska marmot is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Alaska marmot

The Alaska Marmot is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)

Hoary and Alaska marmots are predominantly gray with a darker lower back and face and a dark, reddish tail. (Full text)

When the Alaska marmot is alarmed, it produces a slurred, low-pitched warning call. (Full text)

Alaska marmots are active about four months a year and consequently take at least three years to mature. (Full text)

The Alaska Marmot is from the order Rodentia. (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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