Marmota caudata

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1844)

Long-tailed 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

<i>In</i> Jacquemont, Voy. dans l'Inde, vol. 4, Zool., 66

Original name as described

Arctomys caudatus

Other common names

Golden Marmot · Red Marmot

Type locality

"la vallée du Gombour, élevée de 3500 mètres." Interpreted by S. I. Ognev in 1963 as "Hombur [Ghombur] area, upper reaches of the Indus in Kashmir, [India]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · China · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001728

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 dichrous

(J. Anderson, 1875)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

dichroa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.2.12.3

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08437322-937b-46bb-ad14-218a17a8f8a5

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128165

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Arctomys littledalei

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

littledalei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.1.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1d5d085f-98f7-44a0-9497-680cf2f5e881

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071628

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Marmota stirlingi

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stirlingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.7.1.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0cbb541-318b-49b0-84aa-61170db97d87

Authority page

341

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151906

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Arctomys aureus

(Blanford, 1875)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aurea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15686

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192041

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Arctomys littledalei flavinus

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

flavina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071628

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Marmota caudata

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12825/111931601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmota caudata aurea

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aurea

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 (2008:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Marmota caudata caudata

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Marmota caudata dichrous

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

dichrous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Marmota caudata dichroa

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

dichroa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

818

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Arctomys caudatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Paris

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