07-16-2011, 05:07 PM
Longshot_34 Wrote:I believe they're officially called a Yellow Bellied Marmot
I believe that is correct. Interestingly, no yellow belly on this one! I wonder if they actually are some crossbreed, maybe a hoary marmot and yellowbelly, or ? Maybe the yellowbelly only shows up on fully mature or grand daddy types?
I had a chance at two of them when I took this shot, the other one was bigger, but at a more oblique angle. I took the sure shot rather than the tougher one.
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