{"id":120658,"date":"2026-08-23T13:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=120658"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:59:27","slug":"long-tailed-marmot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/long-tailed-marmot\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Tailed Marmot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Long Tailed Marmot Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra brings thousands of pilgrims into a fragile Himalayan ecosystem where long\u2011tailed marmots live.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Long Tailed Marmot<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>rodent <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the high-altitude areas of the Kashmir Himalaya.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as the <\/span><b>golden marmot and is a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> member of the Sciuridae family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>has vibrant golden<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fur and has a relatively long tail, robust body, and golden-brown coat that vary among subspecies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It inhabits <\/span><b>alpine meadows and rocky slopes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where its life is closely linked to the seasonal availability of vegetation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found in parts of <\/span><b>Central Asia and South Asia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, and Northwestern India.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, they are found in <\/span><b>Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They occur between 3200 to 4850 m above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b> <b>Herbivorous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by nature, it feeds on vegetation in its alpine habitat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a diurnal<\/span><b> and social mammal that thrives<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in challenging alpine habitats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>hibernates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from September to April\/May<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status: <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/iucn-red-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">IUCN Red List<\/a>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/on-the-pilgrim-trail-let-the-marmot-remain-wild\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-Tailed Marmot, also known as the Golden Marmot, is a high-altitude rodent found in alpine meadows and rocky slopes across Asia. 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