Marmota sibirica

(von Radde, 1862)

Tarbagan 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

Reise in den Suden von Ost-Sibierien, 159

Original name as described

Arctomys bobak var. sibirica

Other common names

Mongolian Marmot · Siberian Marmot

Type material

ZIN S. 2095

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Kulusutai, near Lake Torei-Nor, southeast Transbaikal," Chitinskaya Oblast, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · China

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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