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Marmota caligata

Hoary Marmot

Eisgraues Murmeltier

Active life for a Yukon Hoary Marmot covers a very short period of only four months per year. During the remaining eight months, it is curled up and hibernating while blizzards and -40C temperatures assail the slopes. The marmot will not emerge until the warmth of early May. Tombstone area, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada

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