Alaska Marmot
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The Alaska marmot ( Marmota broweri ) is a socially living species from the genus of the marmots . Its entire range is north of the Arctic Circle and is limited to the Brooks Range in Alaska . The body length of this species of marmot is between 40 and 50 centimeters. The body weight of an adult animal is between 2.5 and four kilograms. It is therefore somewhat lighter and smaller than the Siberian black-hat marmot, which also belongs to the Arctic fauna . It can be confused with the Arctic ground squirrel , which is a bit smaller and lighter.
This species of marmot hibernates for around nine months. It uses a different building than in the summer months.
literature
- Richard Sale: A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife. Photographs by Per Michelsen and Richard Sale. Christopher Helm, London 2006, ISBN 0-7136-7039-8 .
- Monika Preleuthner, Gerhard Aubrecht (Ed.): Marmots (= catalog of the Upper Austrian State Museum. NF No. 146 = Stapfia. Vol. 63). Biology Center, Linz 1999, ISBN 3-85474-044-1 , online at ZOBODAT
Web links
Commons : Alaska Groundhog ( Marmota broweri ) - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Marmota broweri inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Submitted by: Linzey, AV & NatureServe (Hammerson, G. & Cannings, S.), 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2013.