Marmota olympus

(C. H. Merriam, 1898)

Olympic Marmot

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1898-10-04. Descriptions of three new rodents from the Olympic Mountains, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 50:352-353.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647846

Original name as described

Arctomys olympus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:90518

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35373fed7-f2e6-4a8e-a03f-0e8a93ccafbf

Type locality

"From Timberline at head of Soleduc River, Olympic Mountains, [Olympic Nat. Park] Washington [USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001735

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 olympus

(C. H. Merriam, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

olympus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:90518

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35373fed7-f2e6-4a8e-a03f-0e8a93ccafbf

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647846

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Marmota olympus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

olympus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

134

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:355, 356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42459/22257452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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