Marmota caudata (Geoffroy, 1844) . In Jacquemont, Voy. dans l'lnde, 4, Zool., p. 66.

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

DISTRIBUTION: W Tien Shan through the Pamirs (Kirgizistan, Tadzhikistan) to Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Kashmir (India), and mtns of extreme W Xinjiang and Xizang (China).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India).

SYNONYMS: aurea (Blanford, 1875); dichrous (Anderson, 1875); flavina (Thomas, 1909); littledalei (Thomas, 1909); stirlingi Thomas, 1916.

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