Marmota (Marmota) caudata Geoffroy 1844

Marmota (Marmota) caudata Geoffroy 1844, in: Jacquemont, Voy. dans l'Inde, 4, Zool.: 66.

Type Locality: "Hombur [Ghombur] area, upper reaches of the Indus in Kashmir [India]" (Ognev, 1963 a:284) .

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Marmot.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. caudata Geoffroy 1844

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. aurea Blanford 1875

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. dichrous Anderson 1875

Distribution: W Tien Shan through the Pamirs (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) to Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Kashmir (India), and mountains of extreme W Xinjiang and Xizang (China).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Marmota (Steppan et al., 1999) . Includes dichrous (Corbet, 1978 c:82); but also see Gromov et al. (1965:440) who listed it as a distinct species.