Yellow-bellied Marmot

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Marmota flaviventris

40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Yellowstone National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
60–70
Apr
60–70
May
50–60
Jun
50–60
Jul
40–50
Aug
10–20
Sep
<5
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
2 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
3 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
60–70%
4 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
5 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
6 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
7 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
8 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-bellied Marmot in Yellowstone National Park?

About 49% of visitor-days record a Yellow-bellied Marmot sighting in Yellowstone National Park, based on 491 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Yellow-bellied Marmot in Yellowstone National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-bellied Marmot in Yellowstone National Park in our monthly data.

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