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[edit] Disambiguation

We need another page for the popular outfitter, Marmot.

Haizum 20:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Clarification: What about size and weight ranges by type?

[edit] Gallery

Moved the marmot skull image into the gallery as it was conflicting with the layout of the page on low-res screens. DevAnubis 12:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What kind of marmot is this?

I took this picture in Princeton, British Columbia. I think it is a woodchuck, but I don't know enough to distinguish it from the Yellow-Bellied Marmot. The animal was about 40 cm tall. Can anyone confirm? Cheers, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 18:43, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

  • I got some books from the library. According to the descriptions and range maps in Mammals of British Columbia (Eder and Pattie) and Mammals of North America (Kays and Wilson), I'm pretty sure it's a Yellow-Bellied Marmot. Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 04:03, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marmota monax monax

I've seen the woodchuck referred to as "Marmota monax monax", as there are several recognized subspecies. There is a Marmota monax canadensis (northern Maine, northern Vermont), Marmota monax rufescens (extreme western Maine, northern and southwestern New Hampshire, north central and southern Vermont, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Connecticut)), and Marmota monax preblorum (central and southern Maine, central and southeastern New Hampshire, west central Vermont, eastern Massachusetts, northwestern Connecticut, and Rhode Island). There's also the Marmota monax bunkeri, native to Kansas, and Marmota monax ochracea (range unknown). Timdwilliamson 21:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)