Marmota camtschatica

(Pallas, 1811)

Black-capped 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

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Original name as described

Arctomys baibak Camtschatica Varietas

Type locality

"Kamchatka [Kamchatka Oblast, Russia]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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