Marmota himalayana

(Hodgson, 1841)

Himalayan 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

Hodgson, B.H. 1841. Notice of the marmot of the Himalaya and of Tibet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 10(2):777-778.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758277

Original name as described

Arctomys Himalayanus

Other common names

Karakoram Marmot

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39323

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39323

Type locality

"Himalaya...and sandy plains of Tibet."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · India · Nepal · Pakistan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001730

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 Hemachalanus

(Hodgson, 1843)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hemachalana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.237

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7740b7b-03ed-45c3-87d8-77df4dff8ba1

Authority page

410

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057795

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Arctomys Tibetanus

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tibetana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.237

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7740b7b-03ed-45c3-87d8-77df4dff8ba1

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23852778

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Arctomys hodgsoni

(Blanford, 1879)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hodgsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.237

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7740b7b-03ed-45c3-87d8-77df4dff8ba1

Authority page

35 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56809233

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

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

Arctomys Himalayanus

(Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

himalayana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39323

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39323

Authority page

777

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758277

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Arctomys Tibetensis

(Hodgson, 1843)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tibetensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

RMNH.MAM.39323

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39323

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057794

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Arctomys robustus

(A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

robusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39324.a, RMNH.MAM.39324.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39324.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39324.b

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Marmota himalayana

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

himalayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

355

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12826/115106426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmota himalayana himalayana

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

himalayana

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 (2016:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Marmota himalayana robusta

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

robusta

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 (2016:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Arctomys Hemalayanus

(Hodgson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hemalayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000010

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Arctomys tataricus

(Jameson, 1847)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tatarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

191

Authority publication

L'Institut

Name usages

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

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