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Marmota flaviventris (yellow-bellied marmot)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Arctomys flaviventer was named by Audubon and Bachman (1841). It is extant.

It was recombined as Marmota flaviventris by Trouessart (1904), Howell (1914), Figgins (1915), Howell (1915), Grinnell (1921), Warren (1934), Schultz and Howard (1935), Frase and Hoffmann (1980), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. bobak, M. flaviventria, M. marmota, M. parva, M. sibirica
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Arctomys flaviventer Audubon and Bachman
1889Arctomys dacota Merriam
1904Marmota flaviventris Trouessart p. 344
1905Marmota engelhardti Allen p. 120
1914Marmota flaviventris Howell
1915Marmota flaviventris Figgins
1915Marmota flaviventris Howell p. 36
1921Marmota flaviventris Grinnell
1934Marmota flaviventris Warren
1935Marmota flaviventris Schultz and Howard p. 279
1980Marmota flaviventris Frase and Hoffmann p. 1
1980Marmota flaviventris Kurten and Anderson p. 212
1981Marmota flaviventris Hall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusMarmotaFrisch 1775
speciesflaviventris(Audubon and Bachman 1841)

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 flaviventris Audubon and Bachman 1841 [yellow-bellied marmot]
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Invalid names: Arctomys dacota Merriam 1889 [synonym], Marmota engelhardti Allen 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available