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Marmot
Marmota marmota
 Size: length
50-58 cm.
Habitat: Alpine prairies, especially on the southern slopes, where the soil and rocks are steady.
What it eats: seeds and grass.
Reproduction: the mating season is at the end of April.
Babies: 4-5 babies are born, coming out of the den only in July, about forty days after the birth.
Curiosities: the first marmot becoming aware of a danger gives the alarm with repeated and very high whistles; when it sights the Golden Eagle, it utters only one very long whistle.
Remarks: marmots live in family groups; at the end of October they retire into dens deep in the earth and spend the winter in hibernation.
In the Park: only in the eastern areas: Mt. Serva, Mt. Schiara, Van de Zità.
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Insects
Coleoptera;
Butterflies;
Fish;
Amphibians
Reptiles;
Birds
Black Woodpecker;
Wallcreeper;
Goshawk;
Kestrel;
Golden Eagle;
Pigmy Owl;
Tengmalm's Owl;
Tawny Owl;
Eagle Owl;
Hazel Grouse;
Capercaillie;
Black Grouse
Ptarmigan;
Rock Partridge;
Hoopoe;
Corvids;
Tits;
Stream Birds;
Corncrake;
High-mountain Birds;
Mammals
Marmot;
Stoat;
Roe Deer
Chamois;
Red Deer;
Mouflon
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