A darker Selkirk whistler peers from its burrow entrance. Hoary marmot is the largest North American ground squirrel and is often nicknamed "the whistler" for its high-pitched warning issued to alert other members of the colony to possible danger. The animals are sometimes called "whistle pigs". (Family: sciuridae; binomial name: marmota caligata)

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Creator

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Subject

• Mammals
• Hoary marmot
• Ground squirrels
• Marmots

Language

• eng

Identifier

• COWAN_PH_332; Cowan_PN_621; Cowan B & W Photographs - Species and Locations - Box 4

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 photograph : black and white

Alternative title

• Marmota caligata cascadensis
• Whistler
• Whistle pig

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Mount Revelstoke National Park

Coordinates

• 51.04987, -118.13561

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitization undertaken with the support of Ann Schau.

Genre

• photographs
• black-and-white photographs

Fonds title

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Fonds identifier

• AR514

Technical note

• Digitized by Briony Penn. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact UVic Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original resource and for reproduction requests. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/5kgb-nj96

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