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Marmota flaviventris (yellow-bellied marmot)

Mammalia - 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) and Hall (1981).

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

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
—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
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Marmota sp. (20150 20349 20477 20559)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Marmota flaviventris (74953 74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Marmota flaviventris (93141 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Marmota flaviventris (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Marmota flaviventris (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Marmota flaviventris (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Marmota flaviventris (162133)