Marmota menzbieri (Kashkarov, 1925) . Trans. Turk. Sci. Soc., 2:47.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Chigyr-Tash, in the headwaters of the Ugam River, Talass Ala Tau" [Yuzhno-Kazakhstansk. Obi., Kazakhstan] .

DISTRIBUTION: W Tien Shan Mtns, in S Kazakhstan and NW Kirgizia.

STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: zachidovi Petrov, 1963.

COMMENTS: Regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:514) as a probable synonym of marmota; but see Corbet (1978c:81).