Marmot - Subgenera and Species

Subgenera and Species

The following is a list of all Marmota species recognized by Thorington and Hoffmanplus the recently defined M. kastschenkoi. They divide marmots into two subgenera.

  • Genus Marmota – marmots
    • Subgenus Marmota
      • Alpine marmot, M. marmota found only in Europe in the Alps, northern Apennines in Italy, Carpathians, Tatras, and reintroduced in the Pyrenees
      • Forest-steppe marmot, M. kastschenkoi found in south Russia
      • Gray marmot or Altai marmot, M. baibacina found in Siberia
      • Bobak marmot, M. bobak found from central Europe to central Asia
      • Alaska marmot, Brower's marmot, or Brooks Range marmot, M. broweri found in Alaska
      • Black-capped marmot, M. camtschatica found in eastern Siberia
      • Long-tailed marmot, golden marmot, or red marmot, M. caudata found in central Asia
      • Himalayan marmot or Tibetan snow pig, M. himalayana found in the Himalayas
      • Menzbier's marmot, M. menzbieri found in central Asia
      • Groundhog, woodchuck, groundhog, or whistlepig, M. monax found in most of North America
      • Tarbagan marmot, Mongolian marmot, or tarvaga, M. sibirica found in Siberia
    • Subgenus Petromarmota
      • Hoary marmot, M. caligata found in northwestern North America (Canada and Alaska)
      • Yellow-bellied marmot, M. flaviventris found in southwestern Canada and western United States
      • Olympic marmot, M. olympus endemic to the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
      • Vancouver Island marmot, M. vancouverensis endemic to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Additionally, four extinct species of marmot are recognized from the fossil record:

  • Marmota arizonae, Arizona, U.S.
  • Marmota minor, Nevada, U.S.
  • Marmota robusta, China
  • Marmota vestus, Nebraska, U.S.

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