Marmota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Marmota
Subgenera (2): M. (Marmota) – M. (Petromarmota)
Species (15): M. baibacina – M. bobak – M. broweri – M. caligata – M. camtschatica – M. caudata – M. flaviventris – M. himalayana – M. kastschenkoi – M. marmota – M. menzbieri – M. monax – M. olympus – M. sibirica – M. vancouverensis

Name

Marmota Blumenbach, 1779: 77

Type species: Mus marmota Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

Blumenbach, J.F. 1799. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Sechste Ausgabe [6th edition]. Johann Christian Dieterich: Göttingen. XVI + 708 pp. GoogleBooks Reference page.

Additional references

Kruckenhauser, L., Pinsker, W., Haring, E. & Arnold, W. 1999. Marmot phylogeny revisited: molecular evidence for a diphyletic origin of sociality. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolution Research 37(1): 49–56. DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.1999.95100.x Reference page.
Steppan, S.J., Akhverdyan, M.R., Lyapunova, E.A., Fraser, D.G., Vorontsov, N.N., Hoffmann, R.S. & Braun, M.J. 1999. Molecular Phylogeny of the Marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae): Tests of Evolutionary and Biogeographic Hypotheses. Systematic Biology 48(4): 715–734. DOI: 10.1080/106351599259988 Reference page.
Brandler, O.V. & Lyapunova, E.A. 2009. Molecular phylogenies of the genus Marmota (Rodentia Sciuridae): comparative analysis. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 21(3–4): 289–298. DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2009.9522484 Reference page.

Vernacular names

asturianu: Marmota
azərbaycanca: Marmot
беларуская: Суркі
български: Мармот
brezhoneg: Moregan
català: Marmota
čeština: Svišť
dansk: Murmeldyr
Deutsch: Murmeltiere
Ελληνικά: Μαρμότα
English: Marmots
Esperanto: Marmoto
español: Marmota
eesti: Ümiseja
euskara: Marmota
فارسی: مارموت
suomi: Murmeli
arpetan: Marmota
français: Marmotte
Frysk: Marmot
galego: Marmota
עברית: מרמיטה
magyar: Mormota
Bahasa Indonesia: Marmot
italiano: Marmotta
ქართული: ვირზაზუნა
lietuvių: Švilpikai
Nederlands: Marmotten
norsk: Murmeldyr
polski: Świstak
português: Marmotas
română: Marmotă
русский: Сурок
svenska: Murmeldjur
Türkçe: Marmot
українська: Бабак

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