Alpine marmot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the alpine marmot lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Marmota marmota
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the alpine marmot live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the alpine marmot in 8 countries and territories across Europe. In Spain it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the alpine marmot endangered?

The alpine marmot’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the alpine marmot?

The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Marmota. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the alpine marmot

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 m (2,600–10,500 ft) in the Alps, Carpathians, Tatras and Northern Apennines. In 1948 they were reintroduced with success in the Pyrenees, where the alpine marmot had disappeared at end of the Pleistocene epoch.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Alpine marmot (revision 1380901028), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q285884 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).