Marmota monax

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Woodchuck

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 Monax

Other common names

Groundhog

Type locality

"in America septentrionalis." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to Maryland, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(MI, IL, NY, ME, NE, GA, IN, IA, PA, CT, VT, DE, AK, ID, MS, SD, SC, MA, WV, MN, VA, DC, NH, OK, KY, MD, AL, MO, OH, KS, NC, WI, NJ, WA, RI, TN, ND)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001734

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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

Total: 29 names and synonyms.

Mus Monax

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

monax

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. Zimmermann (1783:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Boddaert (1785:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  5. Cuvier (1797:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Glis canadensis

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873160

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Glis Monax

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

monax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873158

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)

Mus empetra

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

empetra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494903

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Boddaert (1785:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Arctomys Empetra

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

empetra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751363

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Turton (1802:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  4. Goldfuss (1809:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  5. Voigt (1819:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  6. Schinz (1821:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Desmarest (1822:329, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  8. Sabine (1822:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68499)
  9. Sabine (1823:662, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
  10. Godman (1826:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  11. Lesson (1827:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  12. Fischer (1829:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  13. Richardson (1829:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37662)
  14. Gapper (1830:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68621)
  15. Wagler (1830:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  16. Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  17. Burmeister (1837:812, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  18. Gloger (1841:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59951)
  19. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  20. Lesson (1842:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  21. De Kay (1842:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  22. Gray (1843:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  23. Gistel (1848:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)

Arctomys Monax

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

monax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751362

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Daudin (1802:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Turton (1802:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  5. Wolf (1808:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  6. Goldfuss (1809:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  7. Voigt (1819:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  8. Muirhead (1819:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  9. Schinz (1821:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  10. Desmarest (1822:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  11. Sabine (1822:582, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68499)
  12. Godman (1826:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  13. Lesson (1827:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  14. Fischer (1829:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  15. Richardson (1829:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37662)
  16. Wagler (1830:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  17. Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  18. Burmeister (1837:812, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  19. Lesson (1842:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  20. De Kay (1842:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  21. Brandt (1844:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67169)
  22. Giebel (1855:629, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  23. Wied-Neuwied (1862:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68471)
  24. Murray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  25. Sclater (1872:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  26. Brayton (1882:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71942)
  27. True (1885:593, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  28. Flower & Lydekker (1891:454, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  29. Rhoads (1896:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)

Marmota monax

Treviranus, 1803

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

monax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177, 181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028209

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

  1. Treviranus (1803:177, 181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  2. Treviranus (1803:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  3. Trouessart (1904:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Howell (1915:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45378053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15647)
  5. Weber (1928:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  6. Hall (1934:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  7. Anderson (1937:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72305)
  8. Necker & Hatfield (1941:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  9. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1991:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  13. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  14. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  15. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  16. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  20. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  21. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42458/115189992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmota empetra

Treviranus, 1803

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

empetra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

Treviranus (1803:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Arctomys sibila

(J. Wolf, 1808)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

481

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

  1. Wolf (1808:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Arctomys canadensis

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

vi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

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