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SpeciesRodentiaSciuridae
Mammals

🐿️Alpine marmot

Marmota marmota (Linnaeus, 1758)

Svišť horský, též svišť alpský (Marmota marmota) je druh hlodavce obývající hornaté oblasti střední a jižní Evropy. Žije mezi 800 až 3200 m n. m. v Alpách, Tatrách, Pyrenejích a Monte Baldo v Itálii. V Pyrenejích, kde vymřel již v období čtvrtohor, byl úspěšně reintrodukován v roce 1948. Nyní[kdy?] jich existuje 50 000.

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≈ 1/18th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
3.5 kg
Body length
0.6 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
18 years
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Everything we know about the Alpine marmot

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3.5 kg
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  • 3.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.6 m
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Brain mass
15 g
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Maximum lifespan
18 years
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  • 17 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
6.86 years
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Age at maturity
2.3 years
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Gestation
35 days
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  • 35 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 4
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  • 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Home range
0.01 km²
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Population density
584 per km²
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Volume l
3.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Alpine marmot yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familySciuridae
  6. ›genusMarmota
  7. ›speciesMarmota marmota
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderRodents · Rodentia
  3. tribeMarmotini
  4. genusMarmota
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. orderRodents · Rodentia
  12. suborderSciuromorpha
  13. familySciuridae
  14. tribeMarmotini
  15. genusMarmota
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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants40%
fruit30%
seeds and grain30%
In other languages
świstak alpejski (pl), Marmota marmota (fr), Marmota marmota (es), havasi mormota (hu), Marmota marmota (it), Alpenmurmeltier (de) … and 24 more languages
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