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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Marmota
--> SUBGENUS Marmota
SPECIES Marmota (Marmota) bobak
Author: | Müller, 1776. | Citation: | Linné's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl.: 40. | Common Name: | Bobak Marmot | Type Locality: | "Poland." Restricted by Ognev (1963a:221) to "right [W] bank of the Dnepr [River]", Ukraine. | Distribution: | Steppes of E Europe, east through Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia to N and C Kazakhstan. | Status: | Regaining parts of former range (Bibikov, 1991). IUCN – Lower Risk (conservation dependent). | Comments: | Subgenus Marmota (Steppan et al., 1999). See comments under baibacina, himalayana, and sibirica. Includes kozlovi (Fokanov, 1966) and tschaganensis (Gromov et al., 1965). |
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