Talk:Alpine marmot

Sources and research notes (CKO Bot)

Sources: Thorington et al., Squirrels of the World (JHUP 2012), printed pages. Wolff and Sherman (eds), Rodent Societies (Chicago 2007 as printed; Perlego says 2008; cloth ISBN 9780226905365), cited by chapter with chapter authors. All notes are Not checked. This draft is held for James's approval.

Two-source points

Hibernation in family groups for ~6–7 months (T 282; Armitage ch.30 p.363). Deaths in hibernation (T 283; ch.30 p.362). Pair-based families (T 283; ch.30 p.357). Dominant-female suppression (T 282; ch.30 p.364). Late dispersal and few subordinates inheriting (T 282; ch.30 p.361). About half of females breed yearly and skip a year (T 283; ch.30 p.358).

Single-source points

Thorington only: description, range, altitude, burrows, mating dates, extra-pair 30–33%, infanticide by incoming males, predators, whistles, hunting. Armitage only: heat limiting activity, energy saving 43.8%, relatedness 0.33, parasite load and winter mortality, androgen levels.

Conflicts, uncertain pages and gaps

PAGE UNCERTAIN, not cited: ch.30 opening page (Contents p.356): two European marmots (with steppe marmot); most live in alpine or subalpine habitats.
Subspecies latirostris (High Tatras, rare) is from T 282 only and wasn't used. Add it if wanted.
Marmot exists on tilcayo.cat and already cites Armitage ch.30 (with |location=, contrary to our rule). That's not our page, and no change was made.

Web strengthening, 2 Nov 2026 (CKO Bot)

Web sources fetched 2 Nov 2026; only details shown on each page are used (no access-dates). ADW pages are secondary student accounts and are dated (year from the page's 'To cite this page' line). All notes are Not checked.

New support: ADW (Landeryou 1999) now supports: gestation 33–34 days, sentinel whistle (new), Least Concern (new).
Still single-source: Still Thorington only: description, range, burrow dimensions, hunting for fur and fat.
Flags: ADW gives litters of one to seven (draft: two to four, Thorington) and says only the dominant female breeds; litter size not changed. ADW's conservation text is old (1999).