Marmota baibacina

(Kastschenko, 1899)

Gray Marmot

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Marmotini
Genus : Marmota
Subgenus : Marmota

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rezul't. Altaisk. Zool. Exp. 1898, 62

Original name as described

Arctomys baibacina

Type locality

Multa River, near Nizhne-Uimon in the Altai Mountains. Interpreted by S. I. Ognev in 1963 as "Altaisk. Krai, Russia."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · Kazakhstan · China · Kyrgyzstan

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. kastschenkoi

Taxonomy notes citation

KRYŠTUFEK, B., & VOHRALíK, V. (2013). Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic rodents (Rodentia). Part 2. Sciuridae: Urocitellus, Marmota and Sciurotamias. Lynx, 44, 27-138.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001723

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Arctomys centralis

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.1.1.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/922145c6-6d3f-4147-a77e-5712531f717c

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071629

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Marmota baibacina

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

baibacina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

354

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12829/115106596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmota baibacina baibacina

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

baibacina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Marmota baibacina centralis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

lewisi

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lewisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

799

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005:799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Arctomys baibacina

(J. F. von Brandt, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

baibacina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978154

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Brandt (1844:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)

Arctomys Lewisii

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lewisii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706478

Authority publication

New York

Arctomys baibacina

(Kastschenko, 1899)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

baibacina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority publication

book

Marmota baibacina ognevi

Skalon, 1950

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

4-13

Authority publication

Izvestiâ Irkutskogo Gosudarstvennogo Protivočumnogo Instituta Sibiri i Dal'nego Vostoka

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Marmota bobak aphanasievi

Kuznetsov, 1965

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aphanasievi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

236-346

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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