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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Mammals - Mammalia
      - Order - Rodents - Rodentia
        
        Family - Squirrels - Sciuridae
        
        Species - Hoary Marmot - Marmota caligata

Hoary Marmot - Marmota caligata

Potential Species of Concern

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S3S4

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 1

General Description

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Distribution

Montana Range

Observations in Montana: 167

Montana Counties
Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Teton

Migration

non-migratory

Food Habits

In Glacier N.P.at 2150m, selected for old growth (herbs, grasses, sedges uncovered from snow more than 7 days). A sympatric population of Spermophilus columbianus selected for new growth.

Ecology

Can apparently outcompete Marmota flaviventris in high-elev. habitats.

Citations & Sources

Foresman, K.R. 2001. The wild mammals of Montana. Special Publication No. 12. American Society of Mammalogists

Additional Sources of Information Related to "Mammals"

Citation for data on this website:
Hoary Marmot — Marmota caligata. Montana Field Guide. Retrieved on July 4, 2009, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_AMAFB03040.aspx