The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot.

2024年11月15日 · Nuzzling, playing, chirping, feeding together; the Olympic marmot is quite possibly one of the most social and gregarious mammals on the peninsula. Marmots are rodents; they belong to the squirrel family and evolved during the Pleistocene Epoch. Some folks call them "rock chucks" or "whistle pigs".

The Olympic marmot is endemic to mountainous meadows of the Olympic Peninsula, Olympic marmot populations have possibly stabilized since 2007 after declining from 2002 to 2006.

Olympic marmots are native to the Olympic Mountains in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, USA. Most of their total habitat is located in Olympic National Park, where they are often sighted, especially on Hurricane Ridge.

Olympic marmot: endemic to the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, United States Marmota vancouverensis: Vancouver Island marmot: endemic to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Some extinct species of marmots are recognized from the fossil record, for example:

2021年1月5日 · Olympic marmots are members of the squirrel family (Sciuridae). They are about the size of a domestic cat with wide faces, stocky bodies, bushy tails, and large claws for digging. They weigh between 6.0 to 24.3 pounds (2.7 to 11 kg) …

2025年1月30日 · The Olympic Peninsula in Washington State offers a few magical spots to watch the iconic Olympic marmots. These marmots thrive in specific areas where the landscape and elevation create the perfect habitat.

2024年5月27日 · The Olympic marmot is an endemic species found only in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. The species is the second-rarest North American marmot. This furry rodent hibernates without eating or drinking for seven to eight consecutive months from fall to late spring, relying on accumulated body fat and a much-reduced metabolism.

2013年10月8日 · The Olympic marmot is a folivorous (leaf-eating) animal, eating Olympic Peninsula meadow flora, such as avalanche and glacier lilies, heather blossoms, sub-alpine lupine, mountain buckwheat, harebells, sedges, and mosses.

Olympic mar­mots, Mar­mota olym­pus, are found al­most ex­clu­sively in the Olympic Na­tional Park on the Olympic Penin­sula in the state of Wash­ing­ton (USA). (Barash, 1973) Olympic mar­mots pri­mar­ily oc­cupy sub-alpine and alpine mead­ows as well as talus slopes.