The
Alpine marmot (
Marmota marmota) is a large
ground-dwelling squirrel, from the
genus of
marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, at heights between 800 and 3,200 metres (2,600 and 10,500 feet) in the
Alps, the
Carpathians, the
Tatras, and the northern
Apennines. In 1948, the species was reintroduced with success in the
Pyrenees, where it had disappeared at the end of the
Pleistocene epoch. This Alpine marmot was photographed in the
Grand Muveran federal game reserve, in the Swiss canton of
Vaud.
Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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