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=__The Marvelous Yellow Bellied Marmot __=

=__**QUESTIONS**__= I had 4 burning Questions that I really wanted to answer.First, what is a marmots regular diet?Second,how long can a marmot live?Third,what is a marmots closest relative?Last,where dose a marmot marmot dig its burrow? =__A Regular Diet__= what normally is a marmots regular diet?

A Yellow Bellied Marmot is an omnivore eating grass,leaves,flowers,fruit,grasshoppers,clovers, bird eggs and many other plants and grass. =__Habitat and location__= what is a marmots habitat and location

The yellow Bellied Marmot lives in the United States in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.The marmot has a big territory of about about 4 to 7 acres around their summer burrows.The marmots build their burrows under rocks because their predators are not likely to see it.when a marmot spots a predators it it uses its high pitch whistle to all the marmots in the area to warn them that a predator is near(witch gives it the nickname ("whistle pig") then it retreats into its burrow. =__Behavior and diet__= what is a marmots behavior and diet?

Marmots reproduce when about 2 years old,and they may live up to an age for about 6 years.they reside in colonies of about ten to twenty individuals.Every male marmot digs a burrow soon after they wake up from their hibernation.then he starts looking for some females and by summer he might have 4 females living with him.litters usually average 4 to 5 offspring per female. =__Closest Relative__= What is a marmots closest relative?

A marmot is the largest type of groundhog rodent also in the squirrel family making its closest relative a Woodchuck another type of groundhog and a mammal.

=__Predators and threats to a Yellow Bellied Marmot__= what are a marmots predators?

a marmots normal predators are foxes,coyotes,bobcats,eagles,hawks,owls,and humans. =__Life cycle and timeline__= A marmot has three stages in its life newborn marmot young marmot and adult marmot the whole marmot life cycle takes about 6 years the marmots average life. =A marmots life cycle= == =A marmots timeline= =__CREDITS__=

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