Marmota (Marmota) marmota (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 801

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scientific name	Marmota (Marmota) marmota (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Mus] marmota Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 60 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "in alpibus Helveticis" Restricted by Thomas (1911 a:147) to Swiss Alps .

Vernacular Names: Alpine Marmot.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) marmota subsp. marmota Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) marmota subsp. latirostris Kratochvil 1961

Distribution: Swiss, Italian, and French Alps; W Austria; S Germany; Carpathian ( Romania) and Tatra Mtns ( Czech Republic, Poland); introduced into French Pyrenees, E Austria and N Serbia and Montenegro.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Marmota ( Steppan et al., 1999) . Formerly included baibacina , broweri , caligata , camtschatica , and menzbieri ( Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Rausch, 1953).