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

Radde, G.F.R. von. 1862. Reisen im Süden von Ost-Sibirien in den Jahren 1855–1859 incl. Band I. Die Säugethierfauna. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 327 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012637

Original name as described

Arctomys Bobac vart. 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001736

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 bobak, var. sibirica

(Maak, 1859)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Arctomys Bobac vart. sibirica

(von Radde, 1862)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2095

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012637

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Radde (1862:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)

Arctomys sibiricus

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

502

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097883

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:502, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16316)
  2. Kashkarov (1925:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69097)

Arctomys robustus

(Kastschenko, 1910)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8093077

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Arctomys dahurica

(Dybowski, 1922)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

dahurica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

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

Marmota sibirica caliginosus

Bannikov & Skalon, 1949

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caliginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-46266

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-46266

Authority page

377

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

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

Marmota sibirica nekipelovi

Yerbayeva, 1966

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nekipelovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 51350

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Byulleten' Komissii po Izucheniyu Chvertichnogo Perioda

Marmota sibirica

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12832/22258643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmota sibirica sibirica

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Marmota sibirica caliginosa

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caliginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

819

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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