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Groundhog holding a big carrot in his hands

The bobak marmot is a species of marmot that inhabits the steppes of Eastern Europe and Central

Pair of Alpine marmot pauses on rock in alpine, Whistler, BC

Cute Prairy dog stands at attention watching for predators

Meerkat on its back looking at the scenery

Cute prairie dog stuffing his mouth with food

Animals scene of Marmots standing are large squirrels in the genus Marmota with Brown hair in the field near pangong lake at Leh Ladakh , India

Cute Alpine marmot in the wild nature in Dolomites

Black tailed prairie dog is sit down on sand

Groundhog, Glacier National Park, Montana - United States

A groundhog whistling, in Austrian mountain

Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

Cute Prairie dog (Genus Cynomys) near a hole in the ground. They are herbivorous burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America.

$Marmota monax, groundhog known from movie groundhog day with punxsutawney phil for weather forecast\$

Family of marmots, mom, dad and baby marmots

$The Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) is a rodent and member of the squirrel family. They are primarily distributed in the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Their coats are light brown mixed with black-colored hairs. The top of the head, cheeks, and eyebrows are darker than the rest of the body. The tail is mostly white. The prairie dog’s eyes are on the sides of the head to give them wide peripheral vision to more easily spot predators. The Gunnison's prairie dog typically feeds during the day on grasses, herbs, and leaves. In the spring, they feed on newly grown shrubs. In the summer they mainly consume seeds. Prairie dog habitat includes meadows, grasslands, high desert and floodplains. They are often found in areas of rabbitbrush, sagebrush, and saltbrush. Gunnison's prairie dogs live in large colonies of up to several hundred. They are more active in the early morning and late afternoon especially during hot weather. When the temperatures are cooler, they become more active throughout the day. When it rains or snows, the prairie dog will spend its time underground. When they are above ground, they feed, make social contact, look out for predators, groom and dig their burrows. During the winter, the Gunnison's prairie dog hibernates for long periods of time without food or water, instead relying on stored fat and physiological adaptations to slow their metabolism. After hibernation, they become active from April through October. The Gunnison's prairie dog has a complex system of vocal communication. Their bark is a combination of high-pitched syllables to identify various predators. They also have different sounds for an \$

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