Marmota flaviventris (Audubon and Bachman, 1841) . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1:99.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Mountains between Texas and California " Restricted by Howell (1915) to Mt. Hood [Oregon, USA] .

DISTRIBUTION: SC British Columbia and S Alberta (Canada) south to N New Mexico, S Utah, Nevada, and California (USA).

SYNONYMS: avara (Bangs, 1899); campioni Figgins, 1915; dacota (Merriam, 1889); engelhardti J. Allen, 1905; fortirostris Grinnell, 1921; luteola A. Howell, 1914; nosophora A. Howell, 1914; notioros Warren, 1934; obscura A. Howell, 1914; parvula A. Howell, 1915; sierrae A. Howell, 1915; warreni A. Howell, 1914.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Frase and Hoffmann (1980, Mammalian Species, 135).