Alpine Marmot – Marmota marmota

Marmota marmotaLinnaeus, 1758

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Marmota (Steppan et al., 1999). Formerly included baibacina, broweri, caligata, camtschatica, and menzbieri (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Rausch, 1953).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.