photographs by Douglas Herr
Marmots (genus Marmota)

Marmots are generally large ground squirrels. Most North American marmots live in mountainous areas such as the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada in the United States, and Northern Canada. However, the groundhog is also properly called a marmot. Marmots typically live in burrows, and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social, and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed. Marmots mainly eat greens. They eat many types of grasses, berries, lichens, mosses, roots and flowers.

Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

Photographic notes:

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Camera: Leicaflex SL
Lens: Leitz 280mm f/4.8 Telyt-V
Film: Kodachrome 64
Exposure: not recorded
Support: shoulder stock
Date: August 1998
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yellow-bellied Marmot Yellow-bellied Marmot

Camera: Leicaflex SL
Lens: Leitz 400mm f/6.8 Telyt-R
Film: Kodachrome 64
Exposure: not recorded
Support: tripod
Date: June 2002
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Camera: Leica R8 with DMR digital back
Lens: Leitz 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R
Exposure: not recorded
Support: shoulder stock and monopod
Date: 29 May 2008
Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)

Photographic notes:

Hoary Marmot

Camera: Leicaflex SL
Lens: Leitz 400mm f/6.8 Telyt-R
Film: Kodachrome 64
Exposure: not recorded
Support: shoulder stock
Date: August 1989
Location: Denali National Park, Alaska

Hoary Marmot

Camera: Leicaflex SL2
Lens: Leitz 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R
Film: Kodak E100G
Exposure: not recorded
Support: shoulder stock and monopod
Date: June 2006
Location: Denali National Park, Alaska

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last updated 03 June 2008