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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Marmota
--> SUBGENUS Marmota
SPECIES Marmota (Marmota) marmota
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 60. | | Common Name: | Alpine Marmot | | Type Locality: | "in alpibus Helveticis" Restricted by Thomas (1911a:147) to Swiss Alps. | | Distribution: | Swiss, Italian, and French Alps; W Austria; S Germany; Carpathian (Romania) and Tatra Mtns (Czech Republic, Poland); introduced into French Pyrenees, E Austria and N Serbia and Montenegro. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Marmota (Steppan et al., 1999). Formerly included baibacina, broweri, caligata, camtschatica, and menzbieri (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Rausch, 1953). |
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