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The similarly sized, but more social, prairie dog is not classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys. Marmots typically live in burrows (often within rockpiles, particularly in the case of the yellow-bellied marmot), and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed. Marmots mainly eat greens and many types of grasses, berries, lichens, mosses, roots, and flowers.
Rodents. Weighing up to a thick 14 pounds, and sometimes measuring more than 2 feet long, the marmot is a signature rodent in the Alps. It hibernates from October through March and emerges in spring from a network of burrows to begin foraging in mountain meadows.