Marmota bobak

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The Steppenmurmeltier (Marmota bobak) is a type from the family of squirrels. The distribution area of the Steppenmurmeltiers covers the steppes in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan and the field of Transbaikals and western Siberia. It also populated steppes in the mountains of the Tian Shan and the Altai and Mongolia. Its distribution area in the last few decades shrunk, as the agricultural use of the steppes has increased and the groundhog is a Kulturflüchter. The European occurrences can be found in the Strelezker steppe and the Derkulsteppe Kharkov in the district and in the stone steppe in the Voronezh region.

The large distribution area are several sub-types. Within the genus of marmots, the Steppenmurmeltier particularly long front limbs. It is therefore particularly adapted to a life where the digging Erdbauen an essential role. As habitat uses the Steppenmurmeltier a very rich herb steppe, and is also in the forest steppe to find.

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