Marmot - Subgenera and Species

Subgenera and Species

The following is a list of all Marmota species recognized by Thorington and Hoffmanplus the recently defined M. kastschenkoi. They divide marmots into two subgenera.

• Genus Marmota – marmots
  • Subgenus Marmota
    • Alpine marmot, M. marmota found only in Europe in the Alps, northern Apennines in Italy, Carpathians, Tatras, and reintroduced in the Pyrenees
    • Forest-steppe marmot, M. kastschenkoi found in south Russia
    • Gray marmot or Altai marmot, M. baibacina found in Siberia
    • Bobak marmot, M. bobak found from central Europe to central Asia
    • Alaska marmot, Brower's marmot, or Brooks Range marmot, M. broweri found in Alaska
    • Black-capped marmot, M. camtschatica found in eastern Siberia
    • Long-tailed marmot, golden marmot, or red marmot, M. caudata found in central Asia
    • Himalayan marmot or Tibetan snow pig, M. himalayana found in the Himalayas
    • Menzbier's marmot, M. menzbieri found in central Asia
    • Groundhog, woodchuck, groundhog, or whistlepig, M. monax found in most of North America
    • Tarbagan marmot, Mongolian marmot, or tarvaga, M. sibirica found in Siberia
  • Subgenus Petromarmota
    • Hoary marmot, M. caligata found in northwestern North America (Canada and Alaska)
    • Yellow-bellied marmot, M. flaviventris found in southwestern Canada and western United States
    • Olympic marmot, M. olympus endemic to the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
    • Vancouver Island marmot, M. vancouverensis endemic to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Additionally, four extinct species of marmot are recognized from the fossil record:

• †Marmota arizonae, Arizona, U.S.
• †Marmota minor, Nevada, U.S.
• †Marmota robusta, China
• †Marmota vestus, Nebraska, U.S.