Black-capped Marmot vs Mountain yam

Marmota camtschatica compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Black-capped Marmot is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Marmot	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Marmota	Dioscorea
Species	Marmota camtschatica	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Black-capped Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Marmot	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Russia.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Black-capped Marmot

The Black-capped Marmot (Marmota camtschatica) 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.