Vancouver Island Marmot
Marmota vancouverensis Swarth, 1911
Also calledKappenmurmeltier (deu) · Marmota de l'illa de Vancouver (cat) · Marmota-de-Vancouver (por) · Marmotta dell'isola di Vancouver (ita) · Marmotta di Vancouver (ita) · Marmotte de l'île de Vancouver (fra) · Vancouvereilânmarmot (fry) · Vancouveri mormota (hun) · Vancouverinmurmeli (fin) · Vancouvermurmeldyr (nob) · Vankover Ada Marmotu (tur) · Vankuver marmotu (aze) · marmota de Vancouver (spa) · svišť vancouverský (ces)
First described in: Univ. California Publ. Zool. vol.7 p.201
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Vancouver Island Marmots are diurnal and have bimodal daily activity. They hibernate in family groups in winter that can last up to eight months.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Open alpine meadows, avalanche bowls, or clear cuts at elevations of 1000 - 1500 m.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Burrows are relatively complex with multiple entrances. Vancouver Island Marmots live in restricted family groups that include an adult male, 1 - 3 adult females, yearlings, and a single litter produced by one of the female group members. Two-year-olds disperse from natal areas. The Vancouver Island Marmot has a diverse selection of calls of descending, ascending, and flat single-notes that increase in length with level of alarm. Trills are given when marmots are highly alarmed. A fifth call type, “ kee-aw, ” seems to maintain vigilance levels among other Vancouver Island Marmots.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. The Vancouver Island Marmotlives in multi-burrow colonies. Litter sizes are 3 - 5 young; females can producelitters in consecutive years but often skip 1 - 2 years.
Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437365.