Marmota (Marmota) marmota (Linnaeus 1758)

[Mus] marmota Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 60.

Type Locality: "in alpibus Helveticis" Restricted by Thomas (1911 a:147) to Swiss Alps .

Vernacular Names: Alpine Marmot.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) marmota subsp. marmota Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) marmota subsp. latirostris Kratochvil 1961

Distribution: Swiss, Italian, and French Alps; W Austria; S Germany; Carpathian (Romania) and Tatra Mtns (Czech Republic, Poland); introduced into French Pyrenees, E Austria and N Serbia and Montenegro.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Marmota (Steppan et al., 1999) . Formerly included baibacina, broweri, caligata, camtschatica, and menzbieri (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Rausch, 1953).