Educational resources on Vancouver Island Marmot

Vancouver Island Marmot or Marmota vancouverensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to C2b, D . IUCN Profile of the Vancouver Island Marmot

Academic web links for the Vancouver Island Marmot.

Vancouver Island Marmot
Vancouver Island marmot Marmota vancouverensis. Distribution. Restricted to alpine meadows of Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Island marmot is a critically endangered species
www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/vanc.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

Vancouver Island Marmot Alarm Calling Factsheet
Dr. Daniel T. Blumstein University of California Los Angeles . What are marmot alarm calls? Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) are sciurid rodents and are
www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/VMAC.html

Marmots of the World
Marmota flaviventris-- yellow-bellied marmot. Marmota monax-- woodchuck or groundhog. Marmota olympus-- Olympic marmot. Marmota vancouverensis-- Vancouver Island marmot
www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/marmots.html

Daniel T. Blumstein--Curriculum Vitae
Participant-Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Project planning workshop, 1999. Leader-Conservation Behaviour research group for the Cooperative Research Centre for the Conservation
www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/Blumstein/dancv.html

Groundhog May Help Canadian Cousin; Colorado State Biologist on Team ...
The Vancouver Island marmot, whose range is entirely in Canada, is on the U.S. endangered species list as well as Canada's. Scientists count 36 Vancouver Island marmots surviving in
www.news.colostate.edu/Release/92

North American Mammals: Marmota vancouverensis
Vancouver Island Marmot. Sexual Dimorphism: Males are larger than females. Length: Average: 668 mm Range: 580-750 mm . Weight: Range: 3-6.5 kg
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=150

Evaluating the Proposed Canadian Endangered Species Act
The Vancouver Island marmot is an endemic Canadian species with only 300-350 surviving individuals, all in colonies on private and provincial lands threatened by recreational
www.umich.edu/~esupdate/library/97.03-04/austen.html

Evolutionary acceleration in the most endangered mammal of Canada ...
...doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01398.x Evolutionary acceleration in the most endangered mammal of Canada: speciation and divergence in the Vancouver Island marmot (Rodentia
si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/6453/1/Cardini_2007evolutionary_accelerat.pdf

Marmot Lore
The Vancouver Island Marmot website has incredible photographs of Vancouver Island marmots. In Pakistan there is a species called the golden marmot.
www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/lore.html