Alpine marmot vs Prickly Yellow

Marmota marmota compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

• Alpine marmot is Least Concern while Prickly Yellow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine marmot	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Rutaceae
Genus	Marmota	Zanthoxylum
Species	Marmota marmota	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Alpine marmot

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine marmot	Prickly Yellow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Andorra, Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Alpine marmot

The Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a species in the genus Marmota. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Distributed across Andorra, Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain.