Marmots are members of the genus Marmota, in the rodent family Sciuridae (squirrels). Marmots are generally large ground squirrels. Those most often referred to as marmots tend to live in mountainous areas such as the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada in the United States, the European Alps, and Northern Canada. However, the groundhog is also properly called a marmot, while the similarly-sized but more social prairie dog isn't classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys. Marmo… (More on Marmot)