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marmot
marmot Stocky, terrestrial rodent of the
squirrel family, native to North America, Europe and Asia. Most marmots have brown to grey fur, short, powerful legs, and furry tails. Length, excluding tail: 30–60cm (12–24in); weight: 3–8kg (6.6–16.5lb). Family Sciuridae.
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MARMOTS REDEFINE WHAT IT IS TO BE A RODENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...news release: The marmot, one of the largest...wildlife family. Marmots can grow to about...elevations. The hoary marmot is bigger, at 10...Though common, marmots seem to attract research...the search word "marmots." To make a tax...species such as the marmot, just check the...
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Endangered marmots released into the wild.
M2 Presswire; 7/8/2005; 700+ words
; ...Seven Vancouver Island marmots - Canada's most...the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation...which has embraced the marmot and its recovery...the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation, visit www.marmots.org ((M2 Communications...
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Up on marmot mountain.
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 5/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...also hunt mountain marmots for food. BE ALERT...a few minutes, a marmot creeps carefully...drainpipe instead?" the marmot at left could be asking. And, for the marmots below, the grass...dresses up as "Marty Marmot" and greets park...people think the marmots are pests. That...
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Marmot Recovery Effort Gets $133,000 Boost.
M2 Presswire; 10/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...of two groups of marmots into historic marmot habitat in sub...information on the Marmot Recovery Foundation, visit www.marmots.org. To download...Penner releasing marmots into the sub-alpine...bpenner/2007/marmot_recove ry...
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Female Olympic Marmots (Marmota olympus) Reproduce in Consecutive Years
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT.- Olympic marmots (Marmota olympus) are reported...limit reproductive effort in marmots when dominant females suppress...al, 2003) . In the alpine marmot (Marmota marmota), aggressive...delayed in yellow-bellied marmots (Armitage, 2007). It has...
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Island Marmot Recovery Effort Gets $233,000 Boost.
M2 Presswire; 5/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...in the release of two groups of marmots into historic marmot habitat in sub-alpine areas of...year. For more information on the Marmot Recovery Foundation, visit www.marmots.org. To download marmot photos, visit www.env.gov...
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Is That a Marmot Under My Hood?(marmots seek out mineral deposits on engine parts)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Wildlife; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...One of fourteen marmot species throughout...yellow- bellied marmots are prey for coyotes...wake. He also says marmots have an amazing ability...40 minutes while a marmot will be back up in...Dan Blumstein, a marmot researcher at the...s possible that marmots drink a sublethal...
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Badger Predation on Yellow-bellied Marmots
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...at the edge of a marmot colony, the behavior of marmots and badgers was...of badgers and marmots during badger incursions into marmot colonies; (3...sites, River, Marmot Meadow, Picnic...of the sites), marmots were observed and...
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Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...chrysaetos). Predation on marmots is cryptic; none of...in most cases, the marmot was consumed or removed...upon yellow-bellied marmots (Frase and Hoffmann...potential effects on marmot foraging behavior (Armitage...because predation on marmots is rarely observed...
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Wild marmots tri city herald [Derived headline]
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 6/25/2009; ; 649 words
; ...but this was a marmot in the dining room. Prosser's marmots have caused headaches...They're happy marmots. They're fat...Yakima office, said marmot populations tend...Many of the city's marmots can be found along...Prosser. Monday's marmot incident, however...
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marmot
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...dog, and chipmunk. Marmots are found in Eurasia...known North American marmot is the woodchuck , M...the E United States. Marmots inhabit plains or open...timberline. Largest of the marmots, it is also distinguished...white head. The Alpine marmot, M. marmota, lives...
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Rake, Jody 1961-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...Biographical and Critical Sources PERIODICALS Booklist, January 1, 2003, Stephanie Zvirin, review of Groundhogs: Woodchuck, Marmots, and Whistle Pigs, p. 900. School Library Journal, April, 2003, Susan Oliver, review of Woodchucks, Marmot
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Eagles
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...These birds can prey on animals as large as young sheep and goats, but they more commonly take smaller mammals such as marmots and ground squirrels. Golden eagles nest in a stick nest built on a large tree or a cliff. As with the bald eagle, the nest...
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woodchuck
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
woodchuck ( marmot , Marmota marmota ) See SCIURIDAE .
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wood
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...climbing plants, e.g. honeysuckle, ivy, convolvulus. OE. wundubinde , f. base of bindan BIND . woodchuck N. Amer. marmot. XVII. alt., by assoc. with wood , of the Algonquian name. woodcock OE. wuducocc . woodpecker XVI. woodruff plant of...
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