#0282 · 🦊 mammals

Hoary Marmot

🇳🇱 Grijze Marmot ·Marmota caligata

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The hoary marmot ( Marmota caligata ) is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America. Hoary marmots live near the tree line on slopes with grasses and forbs to eat and rocky areas for cover.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,261iNaturalist 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.
8,261 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz in 1829 (197 years ago).