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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Marmota
--> SUBGENUS Petromarmota
SPECIES Marmota (Petromarmota) olympus
| Author: | Merriam, 1898. | | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 50: 352. | | Common Name: | Olympic Marmot | | Type Locality: | "From Timberline at head of Soleduc River, Olympic Mountains, [Olympic Nat. Park] Washington [USA]." | | Distribution: | Olympic Mtns of W Washington (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Petromarmota; basal to the caligata-vancouverensis clade (Steppan et al., 1999). Considered a subspecies of marmota by Rausch (1953), but reviewed by Hoffmann et al. (1979) who confirmed its specific status. Also see Edelman (2003, Mammalian Species No. 736). |
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