It requires sufficient rocks for shelter and burrows and abundant herbaceous vegetation for food nearby. Click the range map to learn more about the distribution of Yellow-bellied Marmot in Washington. Diet: Yellow-bellied marmots are herbivores - feeding on the leaves and blossoms of a variety of herbaceous plants and grasses.
Their also eat grains, legumes, fruit, and occasionally insects. Behavior: Yellow-bellied marmots are mainly diurnal. They spend most of the time on the ground terrestrial , but occasionally will climb shrubs and trees. They hibernate from September to May, although hibernation length varies with elevation.
The hibernation burrows may be up to meters deep, while their regular burrows are about 1 meter under ground. Eurasian marmot species have evolved from marmots that crossed the Bering Strait into Eurasia around one million years ago. The ancient Persian word for marmot means mountain ant. The marmots there burrow in sandy, gold-bearing soil, collecting it on their fur.
Historians now believe that the tribesmen used to extract gold from this sand that the marmots carried to the surface. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. White Marmotte Alpine Adventures. There are fourteen different living species of marmot Four extinct species have also been identified in the fossil record. Alpine marmots have their own marmot language Marmots are recognisable by their shrill, whistling alarm calls.
They are monogamous and live in families Marmots live in family groups with a distinct hierarchy. Because marmots hibernate, they are typically a seasonal problem. However, a lack of lawn damage in the winter doesn't mean the pests are truly gone. To keep hungry marmots from digging through gardens, property owners can install special fences that extend underground. While traps are available, they are safest and most effective when set by professionals. For issues with these hibernating, digging pests, contact Critter Control's wildlife experts.
They can be two feet in length and weigh up to 11 pounds. Their large body size is an adaptation to the cold, high elevation sites in which they live. Marmots have reddish-brown fur and a yellow belly, from which they get their name.
They are related to woodchucks and groundhogs in other parts of the country. Yellow-bellied marmots live in colonies of individuals. They dig elaborate mazes of burrows underneath high elevation meadows and rocky fields. One male may protect a harem of females in a colony. Mating occurs in spring when they emerge from hibernation, and litter sizes average three to eight pups per female. As yearlings, both males and females leave their birth colony to form a new one and are very susceptible to predation.
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