The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. Marmots are rodents and essentially are large ground squirrels. Himalayan marmots are one of the 15 Marmota species alive today. Marmota can be found in Asia, Europe and North America, where they are known as groundhogs or woodchucks. Himalayan marmots are found at high elevation in northwestern south Asia and China, particularly on the Tibetan Plateau in China and the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges of India, Nepal, China, Pakistan and Bhutan.
