Marmota (Marmota) caudata Geoffroy 1844

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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Marmota (Marmota) caudata Geoffroy 1844 , in: Jacquemont, Voy. dans l'Inde, 4, Zool.: 66.

Type Locality: "Hombur [Ghombur] area, upper reaches of the Indus in Kashmir [ India]" ( Ognev, 1963 a:284) .

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Marmot.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. caudata Geoffroy 1844

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. aurea Blanford 1875

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. dichrous Anderson 1875

Distribution: W Tien Shan through the Pamirs ( Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) to Hindu Kush ( Afghanistan), Pakistan, Kashmir ( India), and mountains of extreme W Xinjiang and Xizang ( China).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Marmota ( Steppan et al., 1999) . Includes dichrous ( Corbet, 1978 c:82); but also see Gromov et al. (1965:440) who listed it as a distinct species.