Eating with long teeth....

Marmota Marmota

These are pictures of the Alpine Marmot (Marmota Marmota), I discovered in the French Alpes, at White Lake ("Lac Blanc", near Chamonyx).

Marmots are ground-living rodents related to the squirrel family and closely related to the ground squirrel, prairie dog, and chipmunk. Marmots are found in Eurasia and North America and inhabit plains or open country in mountainous regions. They hibernate during the winter and mate immediately thereafter. Active during the day, they feed chiefly on grasses and other green plants. Marmots have stout bodies, rounded ears, powerful digging claws and can sit upright.

The Alpine marmot lives below the snow level in the Alps.

Marmots are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Sciuridae.