| The shrill whistle of the hoary marmot is a familiar sound to Alaskans, especially to hikers with dogs. |
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| Named for the mantle of white fur on its shoulders and back, the hoary marmot lives throughout the western mountains of North America. |
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| The alpine marmot is a large ground-dwelling squirrel living in mountain open meadows, preferentially exposed to south. |
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| The hoary marmot is found in Alaska south to Washington, northern Oregon and most of Montana and parts of Idaho. |
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| They were looked upon as having sired every other god and man until the belief was belied by a marmot. |
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| Ravens croak replies to the squeaks and cries of marmot and pika. |
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| Smaller mammals of the lower elevations include the least chipmunk, red squirrel, Columbian ground squirrel, black-footed ferret, and marmot. |
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| The Whistler area derives its name from the whistling sound that the hoary marmot makes. |
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| Wildcats live in the mountain woods, and the chamois and marmot are found at the highest levels. |
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| Hoary marmot and pika are commonly seen and heard in the summer on rocky slopes along the trails to Eva, Miller, and Upper Jade lakes. |
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| In addition to bison remains, bones of mountain sheep, deer, marmot, and cotton-tail rabbit illustrate the diversity of species exploited by groups within this tradition. |
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| With a bit of luck, you will see white-tailed deers or a marmot on the roadside. |
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| Mongolian food is largely based on cooked meat, mainly lamb, but also including yakmeat, beef, horsemeat and marmot. |
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| The photograph of this marmot was taken July 2009 at the top of Blackcomb Mountain. |
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| When the look-out whistles, every marmot in the group instantly dives underground for safety. |
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| To record traditional knowledge about family activities and marmot use in the Firth River valley. |
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| American Golden Plovers nesting in this area make a variety of calls that sound like marmot whistles. |
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| The hoary marmot, so called because of the mantle of white fur which covers his shoulders and back, is well known to hikers in the western mountains of North America. |
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| The alarm call of both hoary marmot and the woodchuck is a loud whistle. |
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| The rockchuck, or yellow-bellied marmot, found from California, Texas, and New Mexico to British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, is another close woodchuck relative. |
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| To survive as a lone marmot, you have to be tough. |
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| Riding between grassland and single tracks, you can pass near a marmot. |
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| On the large track, see at your right the marmot colony. |
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| Of course he needs stroking and feeding, but there's much more to Murmeli than that. Switzerland's first pocket marmot also dances, whistles and does somersaults on cue. |
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| No two animals were exactly alike, though unmistakable as hare or wild goat or chukor, as bharal or marmot, a wild profusion of them. |
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| Indeed, marmot social structure actively encourages inbreeding. |
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| Conversely, Sardinia lacks many species common on the European continent, such as the viper, wolf, bear and marmot. |
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| The hoary marmot is related to the endangered Vancouver Island marmot. |
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| Two other marmots, very closely related to the hoary marmot, but differing from it in colour, live only on high portions of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. |
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| Refuge of the bucardo mountain goat until the extinction of the species, in which species such as the chamois, the lammergeyer, the golden eagle, the marmot or the otter. |
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| In the Rocky Mountains, the yellow-bellied marmot is emerging from hibernation 23 days earlier than it did in the 1970s. Of the 434 species that had moved their range, four-fifths had moved northwards or to higher ground. |
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| Confiscated wild animals include wolves, bears, ostrich, peacocks, roes, black kites, vulture, marmot, snow leopard, swans, ducks, foxes, carrier pigeons, owl. |
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| Marmot meat is an acquired taste though, being reputedly strong, stringy and tough. |
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| The updated Marmot Essence Jacket features fully waterproof and breathable NanoPro MemBrain laminate, the brand's most breathable waterproof fabric yet. |
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| Mullins would no doubt lead a strong chorus of those who would not begrudge Marmot or Libbard a victory for his fellow trainer, whose sporting gesture surely merits reward. |
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