Marmota bobak (Müller, 1776) . Linné's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., p. 40.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Poland." Restricted by Ognev (1963a:221) to "right [W] bank of the Dnepr" [River], Ukraine .

DISTRIBUTION: Steppes of E Europe, east through Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia to N and C Kazakhstan.

STATUS: Regaining parts of former range (Bibikov, 1991).

SYNONYMS: arctomys (Pallas, 1779); baibac (Pallas, 1811); bobac (Schreber, 1780); kozlovi Fokanov, 1966; tschaganensis Bazhanov, 1930.

COMMENTS: See comments under baibacina, himalayana, and sibirica . Includes kozlovi (see Fokanov, 1966) and tschaganensis (see Gromov et al., 1965).