Listen to the Alpine marmot
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About the Alpine marmot
The Alpine marmot is a mammal in the family Sciuridae (order Rodentia). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Alpine marmot sound like?
Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins. Most are made in the larynx, shaped by the throat, mouth and nose, and used for contact, warning, courtship and – in some species – echolocation.
From Wikipedia
The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a large ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, at heights between 800 and 3,200 m (2,600–10,500 ft) in the Alps, Carpathians, Tatras and Northern Apennines. In 1948 they were reintroduced with success in the Pyrenees, where the alpine marmot had disappeared at end of the Pleistocene epoch.
More from the family Sciuridae
Frequently asked questions
What does an Alpine marmot sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Alpine marmot on this page. Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins.
Is the Alpine marmot endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Alpine marmot as “least concern”.
What family does the Alpine marmot belong to?
The Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) belongs to the family Sciuridae in the order Rodentia.
Sources & credits
- 2006, Murmeldjur BHW 2006 by Holger.Ellgaard 07:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC) – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q285884 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Alpine marmot – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by François Trazzi . – CC BY-SA 3.0