Yellow-bellied Marmot Images, Facts and Information:
Marmota flaviventris
- Yellow-bellied Marmots are large burrowing rodents with brown fur, yellow bellies, white muzzles and small round ears.
- Male marmots are larger on average then the females.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots are found throughout the western U.S including the Rockies, Sierra Nevada and the intermountain west along with some areas in Canada.
- The preferred habit for Yellow-bellied Marmots includes alpine meadows, steppes, rocky mountain talus slopes, semi-desert areas, pastures and forest edges.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots eat grasses, leaves, blossoms of herbaceous plants, grains, fruit and occasionally insects.
- Nicknames for Yellow-bellied Marmots include “rock chuck” and “whistle pig”.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots have 1 to 5 pups in their litters.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots live up to 13 to 15 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Yellow-bellied Marmot photos.
Yellow-bellied Marmot pups playing near their burrow
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pups playing near their burrow
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/14/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pups at the entrance to their burrow
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pups at the entrance to their burrow
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/14/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot siblings
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot siblings
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Two Yellow-bellied Marmot pups on the rocks
Title: Two Yellow-bellied Marmot pups on the rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup on an April morning
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup on an April morning
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Sibling Yellow-bellied Marmot pups
Title: Sibling Yellow-bellied Marmot pups
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pups rubbing noses
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pups rubbing noses
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Cuddling Yellow-bellied Marmot pups
Title: Cuddling Yellow-bellied Marmot pups
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup running across the rocks
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup running across the rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup up close
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup up close
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup sitting on top of a boulder
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup sitting on top of a boulder
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Pale faced Yellow-bellied Marmot pup
Title: Pale faced Yellow-bellied Marmot pup
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Frazzled looking female Yellow-bellied Marmot watching over her pups
Title: Frazzled looking female Yellow-bellied Marmot watching over her pups
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Female Yellow-belied Marmot keeping an eye on her pups
Title: Female Yellow-belied Marmot keeping an eye on her pups
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup with a pale face
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup with a pale face
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup warming up on some rocks
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup warming up on some rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/9/2018
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup at an opening in the rocks
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup at an opening in the rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2017
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup climbing down a rock face
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup climbing down a rock face
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2017
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup nibbling on greens
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup nibbling on greens
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2017
Wary Yellow-bellied Marmot pup
Title: Wary Yellow-bellied Marmot pup
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2017