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Yellow-bellied Marmot That Should Be Hibernating

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-16T03:51:17-06:00February 8th, 2021|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildlife, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, awake, desert, hibernating, hibernation, lichen, mammals, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, mountains, rocks, rocky, rodents, slope, too early, winter, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

The Yellow-bellied Marmot in these photos should be hibernating until mid-March. I spotted it wide awake yesterday on a rocky slope in northern Utah.

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