Marmota vancouverensis Swarth 1911 (marmot)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Belongs to Marmota according to B. A. Frase and R. S. Hoffmann 1980

See also Hall 1981

Sister taxa: Marmota arizonae, Marmota broweri, Marmota caligata, Marmota flaviventris, Marmota korthi, Marmota marmota, Marmota minor, Marmota monax, Marmota nevadensis, Marmota olympus, Lagomys sardus, Arctomys tortus, Arctomys vetus, Arctomys primigenia

Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Pellucidar Cave II (Quaternary of British Columbia)

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