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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Alaska MarmotEducational resources on Alaska MarmotAlaska Marmot or Marmota broweri is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Alaska Marmot Alaska marmot 5/18/2005 ALASKA MARMOT Marmota broweri Hall and Gilmore, 1934 (Sciuridae) Alaska marmot 5/18/2005 aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/zoology/pdfs/mammals/Alaska%20marmot.pdf North American Mammals: Marmota broweri The Alaska Marmot lives in the Brooks Range, in northern Alaska, squeezing between big, bulky rocks on slopes to dig its dens. Denning on rocky ledges or under boulders offers them www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=147 ADW: Marmota broweri: Information Near the end of summer, the contents of am Alaska marmot’s digestive tract account for a fourth to a third of the animal’s total weight. (Nowak, 1983) animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Marmota_broweri.html UAF Newsroom: Alaska marmot marks museum milestone An Alaska marmot recently made history at the University of Alaska Museum of the North by becoming the 100,000th mammal specimen in the museum's research collections. www.uaf.edu/news/a_news/20080423102957.html orgs.usd.edu Depth: X: Y: Z: A: B: C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J-5: 0: 0-0: 0: 5: 0-8: 5: 10: 0-0: 0-2: 10: 15: 0-0: 0-7: 15: 20: 0-0: 0-2: 0-1: 2-2: 0-3: 20: 25: 0-2: 0-5: 0-0: 1-0: 0-2: 2-13: 0-7: 0 orgs.usd.edu/esci/alaska/marmot.html Photos and Sounds Vancouver Island marmot. ascending, descending, flat, trill, and kee-aw (D.T.B.). Alaska marmot. long call (Robert Rausch). Woodchuck. chutter (J.E. Lloyd). www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/hotlinks.html UAF Newsroom: Alaska marmots trump reality TV Survivor's loss was the Alaska marmot's gain. Gunderson finished his master's thesis on the Alaska marmot, called "the most handsome of American marmots" in 1934 by two of the www.uaf.edu/news/a_news/20080123165755.html Alaska marmots trump reality TV At left, the Alaska marmot, photographed at Slope Mountain in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range. Photo by Dave Robichaud. Aren Gunderson near Galbraith Lake on Alaska’s www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF18/1891.html North American Mammals: Search Results Marmota broweri (Alaska Marmot) Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) Marmota flaviventris (Yellow-bellied Marmot) Marmota monax (Woodchuck) www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_menu.cfm?family=33 UA Museum | gunderson Revised distribution of the Alaska marmot, Marmota broweri, and confirmation of parapatry with hoary marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 90(4):859-869. www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/af/staff/gunderson
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