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photographer: Hawk Buckman / Windigoimages.com | see all photos from Hawk Buckman / Windigoimages.com
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This yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) is the acting sentry for a collection of up to twenty other family members gathering food and bedding for the approaching winter months in which they will hibernate. Marmots are the only North American rodent that is a true hibernator. Cameron Pass, Northern Colorado. Hawk Buckman / Windigoimages.com
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Marmota flaviventris Yellow-bellied marmot colorado grass mountains rockies rocky mountains rodent