Marmota (Petromarmota) vancouverensis Swarth 1911

Marmota (Petromarmota) vancouverensis Swarth 1911, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 7: 201.

Type Locality: "Mt. Douglas (altitude 4,200 feet [1280 m]), twenty miles [32 km] south of Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia " [Canada].

Vernacular Names: Vancouver Island Marmot.

Distribution: Mountains of Vancouver Isl (British Columbia, Canada).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Petromarmota; sister species to M. caligata (Steppan et al., 1999) . Considered a subspecies of marmota by Rausch (1953). Reviewed by Hoffmann et al. (1979) who confirmed its specific status, and by Nagorsen (1987, Mammalian Species No. 270).