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Taxonomy
Marmota was named by Frisch (1775) [type European Mus marmorata Linnaeus; also said to be Blumenbach 1779, on argument that Frisch names are unavailable: see Hall 1981]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Marmotinae by Frase and Hoffmann (1980); to Sciuridae by Frisch (1775), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003) and Helgen et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Marmotinae by Frase and Hoffmann (1980); to Sciuridae by Frisch (1775), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003) and Helgen et al. (2009).
Species
Arctomys primigenia, Arctomys tortus, Arctomys vetus, Lagomys sardus, M. arizonae, M. broweri, M. caligata (syn. M. vigilis, M. oxytona, Arctomys okanaganus), M. flaviventris (syn. M. engelhardti, Arctomys dacota), M. korthi, M. marmota, M. minor, M. monax (syn. Hyrax hudsonius, Glis canadensis, Arctomys ignavus, Arctomys melanopus, M. ochracea, Arctomys sibila, Mus empetra), M. nevadensis, M. olympus, M. vancouverensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1775 | Marmota Frisch |
| 1780 | Arctomys Schreber |
| 1780 | Lagomys Storr p. 39 |
| 1811 | Lagomys Illiger p. 91 |
| 1811 | Lipura Illiger p. 95 |
| 1817 | Lagomys Fischer de Waldheim p. 409 |
| 1825 | Lipura Gray p. 342 |
| 1869 | Stereodectes Cope |
| 1902 | Arctomys Hay p. 720 |
| 1923 | Marmotops Pocock p. 1200 |
| 1935 | Marmota Schultz and Howard p. 279 |
| 1938 | Marmota (Marmotops) Howell p. 38 |
| 1967 | Marmota Wilson p. 208 |
| 1980 | Marmota Frase and Hoffmann p. 1 |
| 1980 | Marmota Kurten and Anderson p. 211 |
| 1997 | Marmota McKenna and Bell |
| 2003 | Marmota Mercer and Roth |
| 2009 | Marmota Helgen et al. |
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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.
G. Marmota Frisch 1775 [marmot]
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†Marmota arizonae Hay 1921
Marmota broweri Hall and Gilmore 1934 [Alaska marmot]
Marmota caligata Eschscholtz 1829 [hoary marmot]
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Invalid names: Arctomys okanaganus King 1836 [synonym], Marmota oxytona Hollister 1914 [synonym], Marmota vigilis Heller 1909 [synonym]
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]
†Marmota korthi Kelly 2000
Marmota marmota Linnaeus 1758 [Alpine marmot]
†Marmota minor Kellogg 1910
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]
†Marmota nevadensis Kellogg 1910
Marmota olympus Merriam 1898
Marmota vancouverensis Swarth 1911
Invalid names: Arctomys Schreber 1780 [synonym], Lagomys Storr 1780 [synonym], Lipura Illiger 1811 [synonym], Marmotops Pocock 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available