Marmota marmota - #1677
Alpine Marmot
Lateral view
Geographic Distribution
Swiss, Italian, and French Alps; W Austria; S Germany; Carpathian (Romania) and Tatra Mtns (Czech Republic, Poland); introduced into French Pyrenees, E Austria and N Serbia and Montenegro.
Order/Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Marmota
Specific Epithet
marmota
Image Location
France, Rhône-Alpes, Haute-Savoie, Vanoise National Park , Grande Sassière National Nature Reserve, Isère valley, Sassière lake
Image Date
October 1, 2004
Photographer
LE Harding