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BOBAC MARMOT [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Marmota bobak
Latin
OBS

A mammal of the family Sciuridae.

OBS

Steppe marmots prosper on rolling grasslands and on the edge of cultivated fields. Active for about five and a half months each year, dispersers leave their natal social group after their second hibernation. Litter sizes average a little over five, and it takes at least three years to reach sexual maturity. About 60% of adult females breed in a given year. They have a single alarm call.

OBS

[The steppe marmot] is widely distributed in the steppes of southern Russia and Kazakhstan; range as far west as Central Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Marmota bobak
Latin
OBS

Mammifère de la famille des Sciuridae.

OBS

La marmotte bobac vit dans les steppes de l'Asie centrale, du sud de la Russie et du Kazakhstan.

Spanish

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