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Marmota monax (groundhog)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Mus monax was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arctomys monax by Schreber (1780) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Marmotops monax by Pocock (1923); it was recombined as Marmota (Marmotops) monax by Howell (1938); it was recombined as Marmota monax by Trouessart (1904), Thomas (1911), Howell (1914), Howell (1915), Black (1935), Anderson (1943), Wilson (1967), Frase and Hoffmann (1980), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Hall (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. bobak, M. sibirica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus monax Linnaeus p. 60
1777Glis canadensis Erxleben
1778Mus empetra Pallas
1780Arctomys monax Schreber
1792Hyrax hudsonius Schreber
1808Arctomys sibila Wolf
1811Lipura hudsonia Illiger
1820Arctomys melanopus Kuhl
1899Arctomys ignavus Bangs
1902Arctomys monax Hay p. 720
1904Marmota monax Trouessart
1911Marmota ochracea Swarth
1911Marmota monax Thomas p. 147
1914Marmota monax Howell
1915Marmota monax Howell
1923Marmotops monax Pocock
1935Marmota monax Black
1938Marmota (Marmotops) monax Howell
1943Marmota monax Anderson
1967Marmota monax Wilson p. 208
1980Marmota monax Frase and Hoffmann p. 1
1980Marmota monax Kurten and Anderson p. 211
1981Marmota monax Hall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusMarmotaFrisch 1775
speciesmonax()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 [groundhog]
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Invalid names: Arctomys ignavus Bangs 1899 [synonym], Arctomys melanopus Kuhl 1820 [synonym], Arctomys sibila Wolf 1808 [synonym], Glis canadensis Erxleben 1777 [synonym], Hyrax hudsonius Schreber 1792 [synonym], Marmota ochracea Swarth 1911 [synonym], Mus empetra Pallas 1778 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:43:47
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:43:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Arctomys monax (93526)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Marmota monax (79661 123875 124319 125941)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Marmota monax (74240 93373)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Marmota monax (126660)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (West Virginia) Marmota monax (79660)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Marmota monax (20354 20479)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Marmota monax (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Marmota monax (20554 20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Marmota monax (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Marmota monax (20290)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) Marmota monax (104662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Marmota monax (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Marmota monax (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Marmota monax (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Marmota monax (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Marmota monax (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Marmota monax (82258 103991 104758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Marmota monax (104034 104035 104672 104682 104689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Marmota monax (104037 104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Arctomys monax (122450)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Marmota monax (221970)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Marmota monax (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Marmota monax (195062 195066 195067 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Marmota monax (124320 124321 124322)