Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri Kashkarov 1925

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/14A707E3-4CA3-A62B-8D83-C9352D98C069
treatment provided by	Guido
scientific name	Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri Kashkarov 1925
status

Treatment

Marmota (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. Obl., Kazakhstan].

Vernacular Names: Menzbier's Marmot.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri subsp. menzbieri Kashkarov 1925

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri subsp. zachidovi Petrov 1963

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

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Marmota ( Steppan et al., 1999) . Regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:514) as a probable synonym of marmota ; but see Corbet (1978 c:81). Steppan et al. (1999) found menzbieri to be the sister species to caudata .