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Alpine Marmot

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The Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) is a species of marmot found in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe. Alpine Marmots live at heights between 800 and 3200 metres, in the Alps, Tatra and Pyrenees. Reintroduced with succes in the Pyrenees in 1948, where the Alpine Marmot had disappeared at end of the Pleistocene.^[1] An adult Alpine Marmot may weigh between 3 and 6 kg and reach more than 50 cm in length. It makes the Alpine Marmot the largest squirrel species.

Alpine Marmots eat plants and sometimes insects.

Alpine Marmots are social creatures that live as dense societies near their burrows. One can often see an Alpine Marmot "standing", that is keeping a look-out for possible predators or other dangers emitting a loud shrill or chirp on such an occasion. One whistle is given for possible airborne predators, more for ground predators

An Alpine marmot in the regional park of the Queyras in France

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