🐿️Hoary marmot
מרמיטה שעירה (שם מדעי: Marmota caligata) היא מין של מרמיטה ממשפחת הסנאיים החיה בצפון-מערב אמריקה הצפונית. היא מכונה באנגלית: "the whistler" - "השרקנית", עקב קריאות האזהרה הרמות שלה.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 4.3 kg
- Body length
- 0.6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Hoary marmot
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.3 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.3 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Body length0.6 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass15 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 12 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Generation length5.22 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation30 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 29 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Litter sizeabout 5COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Hoary marmot yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusMarmota
- ›speciesMarmota caligata
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- tribeMarmotini
- genusMarmota
All 15 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderSciuromorpha
- familySciuridae
- tribeMarmotini
- genusMarmota
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