#marmots

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An Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) in Europe

by Nathalie Hausser

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Endangered Vancouver Island marmot population rebounds to 427 | CBC News

When the Marmot Recovery Foundation first began releasing marmots into the wild in 2003, there were just 22 remaining.

A foundation trying to save a critically endangered species is celebrating a marmot milestone. The Marmot Recovery Foundation announced on its social media page that the population of the Vancouver Island species has reached a new high of 427 marmots. When its team first began releasing marmots to the wild in 2003, there were just 22 remaining, and its statement says there was a lot of doubt that the species could be saved. It says when the group released the first four of the beaver-like animals into the wild 22 years ago, three of them were eaten by cougars within weeks.

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[clawmarks]

“Variegated Marmot.” General zoology - George Shaw - 1800 - via Internet Archive

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[jadewolf-photography]

Yellow-Bellied Marmot

Marmota flaviventer Yellowstone National Park Wyoming

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[thethingsiveseen-photography]

Marmots of Grossglockner, Austria.

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Hello, can I request a groundhog/woodchuck (Marmota monax) poll?

Absolutely!

Have you seen the groundhog (Marmota monax)?

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Voting ended onMay 27, 2025