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Marmot - -Himalayan Marmot. Local name-Phia,Mirgot in Ladakhi language
Marmota himalayana
33.0677, 78.2757
Field Notes
Description:
Size: domestic cat; golden/yellowish short coarse fur, mixed with some black hair on its back; two very prominent protruding upper teeth.
Photo taken en-route to Tso moriri Lake in Ladakh region of J&K, India.
Habitat:
Found throughout the Himalayas from Ladakh (J&K) through Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh (3500 to 5200 m)
Mountain meadows, grassland and ares of low rainfall.
The area should have easy to burrowing/excavation soil or say land conditions
Notes:
They are one of the highest living, large-bodied ground squirrels of the world.
They hibernate during winter for a period of 6 to 7 months
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Photographed
PublishedAugust 23, 2018
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