What is Alpine marmot?
{{speciesbox | name = Alpine marmot | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Herrero, J.|author2=Zima, J.|author3=Coroiu, I.|name-list-style=amp|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12835/0|title=''Marmota marmota''|accessdate=31 December 2014}}</ref> | image = Marmota marmota Alpes2.jpg | image2 = Marmotte 2014 2015 (10).JPG | image2_caption = Individual in [[Queyras]] regional park, France (above), and [[Vanoise National Park]], France (below) | genus = Marmota | species = marmota | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = Mapa Marmota marmota.png | range_map_caption = Range in red | synonyms = *''Mus marmota'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} }} The '''Alpine marmot''' is a [[species]] of [[marmot]]. It can be found in [[mountain]] regions of central and southern [[Europe]]. It is the third-largest rodent on the European [[continent]]. The [[Eurasian beaver]] and the [[Crested porcupine]] are both larger than it. Alpine marmots mature in their third year. For this reason, marmots live in family groups of up to twenty animals. Alpine marmots have been around since the [[ice age]]. Today, their range is limited to the higher mountain regions. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Squirrels]] [[Category:Mammals of Europe]]