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
- Subgenus Marmota
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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