koja48
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Rockchuck/marmot . . . western cousin of your groundhog but it is a small one. Yellow-bellied marmots of the west don't get nearly as large as groundhogs, although hoary marmots found high-up in the mountains come close. This one was part of a hoard decimating a friend's alfalfa field & using a conventional firearm as a thinning tool wasn't an option.