Yellow-bellied Marmot - Marmota flaviventris

Filmed at Summerland Botanical Garden, British Columbia May 13 - 2011.

Yellow-bellied marmots usually weigh between 5 and 11 pounds (2 and 5 kg) when fully grown. They get fatter in the fall just before hibernating.
The yellow-bellied marmot lives in the western United States and southwestern Canada, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. It inhabits steppes, meadows, talus fields and other open habitats, sometimes on the edge of deciduous or coniferous forests, and typically above 6,500 feet (2,000 m) of elevation.
The marmot is also an omnivore, eating grass, leaves, flowers, fruit, grasshoppers, and bird eggs.

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[genie0390]

I'll be visiting Penticton in a couple weeks, I'll pull over and say hello to this cute fellow :)

[JCVdude]

@genie0390 LOL excellent! :) 

[TheHalokiller117]

nice job!

[JCVdude]

@TheHalokiller117 thx! :)

[cometahued]

Totally love it! My girlfriend looks like one of those!