Marmota monax (rodent)

Mass: 4.5 kg based on Layne 1958

Abundance: 0.03 to 16.07% (median 0.67%)

Latitudinal range: 35.9° to 56.3°

Habitats: (28), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3)

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Found in 31 samples

Canada: Lindsay, Canadian National Railway (spring), Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, floated) (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (upper infill) (Holocene)

United States: Harrodsburg Crevice (Late Pleistocene), Ripplemead (Late Pleistocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bluegrass (macro) (Holocene), Bluegrass (micro) (Holocene), McKinley Site (Zone A) (Holocene), McKinley Site (Zone B) (Holocene), Angel Site (Subdivision W10D) (Holocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Mykut Rockshelter (Holocene), Black Cat Cave (interior) (Holocene), Pine Hill (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone B) (Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (logs, feature), Granite Cave (Holocene), Cumberland Cave (Middle Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♂ body mass4763 kgN = 1Layne 1958
♂ body mass4337 kgN = 1Layne 1958

See also Marmota, Marmota baibacina, Marmota bobak, Marmota caligata, Marmota flaviventris, Marmota himalayana, Marmota marmota, Marmota paleocaucasica, Marmota sibirica, Marmota sp., Marmota spp.