#0125 · 🦊 mammals

Bobak Marmot

🇳🇱 Bobakmarmot ·Marmota bobak

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Александр Химин · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Вячеслав Юсупов · CC BY 4.0
4. © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Dmitry Ivanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Tatyana Zarubo · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Сеченовский р-н, Нижегородская обл., Россия:© Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Константиновский р-н, Ростовская обл., Россия:© Денис Гаврицков · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Нижегородская обл., Россия:© Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nizhegorod, RU:© Peaceful Warbler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The bobak marmot ( Marmota bobak ), also known as the steppe marmot , is a species of marmot that inhabits the steppes of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It is a social animal and inhabits steppe grassland, including cultivated field borders. It hibernates for more than half the year. Litter sizes average about five offspring and it takes three years for the young marmots to reach sexual maturity. Male offspring leave the home colony after their second winter,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,376iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,376 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).