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Long-tailed Marmot
Marmota caudata
The long-tailed marmot or golden marmot (Marmota caudata) is a species of marmot in the family Sciuridae. Found in mountainous regions in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, India and China, its altitudinal range is from 3,200 to 4,850 metres (10,500 to 15,910 ft) above sea level. Its typical habitat is rough grassland and alpine meadows, often among rocks where dwarf junipers grow. Although the population trend is unknown, It has a wide range and large total population size,...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 46084.