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mar·mot

(mar'mot),
A woodchuck or groundhog; a hibernating rodent that may serve as reservoir host of plague bacillus in North America.
[Fr. marmotte]
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The prevalence and seasonal distribution of coccidial parasites of woodchucks (Marmota monax).
Eimeria vilasi (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from the roundtailed ground squirrel (xerospermophilus tereticaudus)
Macchi, "Parasitic fauna of the intestinal tracts of Marmota marmota in the western Alps," in Proceedings of 1st International Symposium on Alpine Marmot and on Genus Marmota, B.
The effect of anthelmintic treatment on coccidia oocyst shedding in a wild mammal host with intermittent cestode infection
Adelaide, Australia, Sep 19, 2012 - (ABN Newswire) - Marmota Energy (ASX:MEU) is pleased to announce calcrete assay data have been used to identify a large coincident nickel and copper-in-calcrete anomaly on Marmota's 100% owned Pundinya tenement (EL 4526) located in the Gawler Craton of South Australia.
Marmota Energy Limited (ASX:MEU) Large Scale Copper-Nickel Prospect Identified on Pundinya Project - in SA's Gawler Craton
Species falling into this category potentially include most of the terrestrial squirrels (subfamily Xerinae), including 14 species of marmots Marmota spp., five species of prairie dogs Cynomys spp., 25 species of chipmunks Tamias spp.
The animal locator: a new method for accurate and fast collection of animal locations for visible species
Esto incluye la aparicion en los niveles VI-III de Marmota marmota (Altuna, 1965, 1972), una especie que puede aparecer tanto en climas frios, como sucede en el yacimiento asturiano de La Parte (Alvarez Lao y Garcia Garcia, 2006), como mas benignos.
La secuencia estratigrafica inferior de la cueva de Lezetxiki (Arrasate, Pais Vasco). Una reflexion necesaria
The rodents identified thus far include: Woodchuck (Marmota monax); Round-tailed Muskrat (Neofiber alleni); Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi); Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris); Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis); Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus); and Capybara (Hydrochaeris holmesi).
Section III: earth & atmospheric sciences
Satellite burrows of Lagostomus maximus and Marmota flaviventris could also be distinguished from main burrows by their location close to the foraging area, where animals can hide when threatened (Armitage, 1988; Branch et al., 1994).
Influencia de los factores bioticos y abioticos sobre la estructura de las cuiseras de Microcavia australis
In 1947, the hunting season was closed on Huns and partially closed on woodchucks (Marmota monax); ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus had increased enough to have a 2-week season with a bag limit of 2 (12 June 1947).
Scientific wildlife management in Ohio: the legacy of Paul B. Sears
It is very difficult, for example, to decide whether the bobac marmot (Marmota bobac), which forages on the ground but spends the majority of its life in a burrow, is terrestrial or subterranean.
Substrate utilization and feeding strategies of mammals: description and classification/substraadi kasutamise ja toitumise strateegiad imetajatel: kirjeldamine ning klassifikatsioon

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