Yellow-bellied marmot
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The yellow-bellied marmot ( Marmota flaviventris ) is a North American rodent of the genus Murmeltiere ( Marmota ).
description
The yellow-bellied marmot has a gray-brown back fur and a yellow-brown belly fur from which it owes its German name. The males have a full body length of 49 to 70 centimeters. The only slightly smaller females reach a length of 47 to 67 centimeters. The weight of the males is between 3 and 5 kilograms, the females are slightly lighter at 1.5 to 4 kg.
Occurrence
The animals live in the western United States and Canada, including the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains, in high alpine regions of around 2000 meters.
food
The diet consists mainly of grasses , herbaceous plants , leaves , fruits , locusts and bird eggs.
Reproduction
The male lives with up to four females. After a gestation of 30 to 32 days, the females usually give birth to three to five young. The boys left about three weeks for the first time the construction . The young animals reach sexual maturity in the second year.
literature
- Dmitri Iwanowitsch Bibikow : The marmots of the world. Marmota (= The New Brehm Library. Vol. 388). 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition. Westarp-Wissenschaften et al., Magdeburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-89432-426-0 .
Individual evidence
- ^ IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Marmota flaviventris. In: IUCN 2014. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. http://www.iucnredlist.org . Retrieved February 25, 2015.
Web links
- Marmota flaviventris inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: Linzey, AV & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.), 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2013.