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Out From The Shadows
habitat fragmentationMaineRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryTrifoliumMarmota monaxTaraxacumMarmotaMarmota flaviventris
Summary
FALMOUTH, Maine -- Groundhog Day may be a tongue-in-cheek holiday, but it remains the one day earmarked in the United States for an animal: Marmota monax, the largest and most widely distributed of the marmot genus, found munching on flowering plants -- or, at this time of year, snuggling undergroun
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