{"id":370084,"date":"2026-08-22T17:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=370084"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:16:21","slug":"long-tailed-marmot-marmota-caudata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/long-tailed-marmot-marmota-caudata\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-tailed Marmot (Marmota caudata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> During the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, concerns have been raised over pilgrims feeding, touching and taking photographs with Long-tailed Marmots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Long-tailed Marmot (Marmota caudata)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_370089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370089\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-370089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DTE-3.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Long-tailed Marmot (Marmota caudata)\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DTE-3.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DTE-3.jpg?resize=768%2C437&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DTE-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-370089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DTE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Long-tailed Marmot<\/strong>\u00a0also known as the<strong> golden marmot<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>rodent<\/strong> of the <strong>Sciuridae family.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It lives in open <strong>meadows, grasslands, rocky areas, inland cliffs and mountain peaks.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also occasionally <strong>found in shrubland and agricultural lands.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It is found in <strong>Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Northwestern India.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>India<\/strong>, it occurs in <strong>Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, <\/strong>between <strong>3,200<\/strong> and <strong>4,850 m<\/strong> above sea level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colour:<\/strong> Its dorsal parts are <strong>golden yellow to orangish<\/strong>, with a <strong>black saddle patch running down the back.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It also has a <strong>black snout and a black patch or ring around the eyes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Tail:<\/strong> Its <strong>tail is about half the length of its body,<\/strong> and most of the <strong>tail tip is black.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Digging Adaptations:<\/strong> It is known for its <strong>burrowing behaviour and is adapted to alpine habitats.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Behaviour:<\/strong> It is a <strong>diurnal and social mammal<\/strong> that <strong>feeds on vegetation<\/strong> and <strong>lives in groups.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hibernation:<\/strong> It hibernates in a <strong>burrow chamber from about September to April or May.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong> It faces threats from <strong>habitat destruction, unregulated tourism, free-ranging dogs and climate change.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN status:\u00a0<\/strong> <strong>Least Concern<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: During the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, concerns have been raised over pilgrims feeding, touching and taking photographs with Long-tailed Marmots. About Long-tailed Marmot (Marmota caudata) Long-tailed Marmot\u00a0also known as the golden marmot. It is a rodent of the Sciuridae family. Habitat: It lives in open meadows, grasslands, rocky areas, inland cliffs and mountain peaks.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/long-tailed-marmot-marmota-caudata\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Long-tailed Marmot (Marmota caudata)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-370084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}