Marmota marmota

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Alpine Marmot

Lateral view. Also as Common Marmot.
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Location:France, Rhône-Alpes, Haute-Savoie, Vanoise National Park , Grande Sassière National Nature Reserve, Isère valley, Sassière lakeDate taken:Oct 1, 2004

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1677

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Marmotini
Genus : Marmota
Subgenus : Marmota

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033871

Original name as described

Mus Marmota

Other common names

Common Marmot

Type locality

"in alpibus Helveticis." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to "Swiss Alps."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Germany · Austria · Slovenia · Slovakia · Poland · Romania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001732

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 25 names and synonyms.

Mus Marmota

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marmota

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033871

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1785:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Marmota alpina

(Brisson, 1762)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alpina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28278630

Authority publication

Leiden

Glis Marmota

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marmota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873155

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)

Marmota alpina

Blumenbach, 1779

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alpina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44318917

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

  1. Treviranus (1802:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  2. Treviranus (1803:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Cricetus Marmota

(N. G. Leske, 1779)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marmota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Leske (1779:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)

Mus (Marmotta)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marmotta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

373

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Cuvier (1797:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Arctomys Marmota

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marmota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751361

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Turton (1802:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  5. Goldfuss (1809:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  6. Hemprich (1820:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  7. Ranzani (1820:369, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  8. Fischer (1829:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Eichwald (1831:370, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  10. Gloger (1841:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59951)
  11. Lesson (1842:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  12. Bonaparte (1845:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  13. Gistel (1848:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  14. Gervais (1850:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27348804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61633)
  15. Schulze (1897:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)

Arctomys Marmotta

(Borkhausen, 1797)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marmotta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962573

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Borkhausen (1797:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  2. Daudin (1802:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Wolf (1808:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  4. Muirhead (1819:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  5. Goldfuss (1820:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  6. Schinz (1821:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Desmarest (1822:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  8. Lesson (1827:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  9. Wagler (1830:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  10. Schinz (1837:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  11. Gray (1843:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  12. Brandt (1844:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  13. Giebel (1855:628, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  14. Blainville (1855:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37133)
  15. Sclater (1872:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  16. Flower & Lydekker (1891:455, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  17. Parsons (1894:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)
  18. Acloque (1900:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  19. Kashkarov (1925:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69097)

Arctomys alpina

(de Lacépède, 1799)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alpina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lacépède (1799:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  2. Fischer (1803:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  3. Fischer (1813:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)

Arctomys marmota alba

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1030

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258282

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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