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ID please

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Posted by Michael John O' Ma on January 6, 2007 at 9:28 AM
ID please
Hi all,

Hope you had a great New Year. I got a few shots of this little guy on the pass between between Crested Butte and Redstone last August. Is it a marmot?

Cheers MJ
Posted by Rick Heitman on January 6, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Not a marmot, is that its tail at the lower left?? not big enough for a marmot, Rick
Posted by Don Grall on January 6, 2007 at 2:37 PM
Looks like a juvenile marmot.
Don
Posted by Todd Caudle on January 6, 2007 at 9:15 PM
It's a squirmot. Or a marmell.
Posted by Scott Borger on January 6, 2007 at 10:54 PM
Baby yellow-bellied marmot (see the stripe on the nose) . See the following: http://www.maxwaugh.com/yellowstone03/marmot3.html
Posted by Dan Walters on January 7, 2007 at 9:31 AM
I also believe it is a yellow-bellied marmot
Posted by Les Barstow on January 7, 2007 at 2:47 PM
I'm with the squirmot theory...

Actually, I think a juvenile yellow-bellied marmot is the correct answer; it's awfully stretched out in this pose, which makes it look a lot like a rock squirrel. No self-respecting marmot would be caught looking this thin.
Posted by Michael John O' Ma on January 21, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Cheers for the ID all.

It looks like it's a skinny young yellow belly marmot. :toast:

MJ