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Marmota (Marmota) monax

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Marmota (Marmota) monax (Linnaeus 1758)

[Mus] monax Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 60.

Type Locality: "in America septentrionalis." Restricted by Thomas (1911 a:147) to Maryland (USA).

Vernacular Names: Woodchuck.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) monax subsp. monax Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) monax subsp. canadensis Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) monax subsp. ignava Bangs 1899

Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) monax subsp. rufescens A. H. Howell 1914

Distribution: Alaska (USA) through S Canada to S Labrador to NE and SC USA; south in Rocky Mtns, possibly to N Idaho.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Marmota (Steppan et al., 1999). Reviewed by Kwiecinski (1998, Mammalian Species No. 591).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 802, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CDF9E1635F59AFE1821CFBFE4B65026E

Cites
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3914327 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF79975A6A15C99E02E4F5698AC125C0 (URL)
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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/91C4B717759630DB830679AF52629BE0 (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/231538565 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Marmota
Species
monax
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Marmota (Marmota) monax (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Thomas, O. 1911 a. The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911: 120 - 158.
  • Erxleben, J. C. P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates, cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Weygandianis, Lipsiae, 636 pp.
  • Howell, A. H. 1914. Revision of the American harvest mice (genus Reithrodontomys). North American Fauna, 36: 1 - 97.
  • Steppan, S. J., M. R. Akhverdyan, E. A. Lyapunova, D. G. Fraser, N. N. Vorontsov, R. S. Hoffmann, and M. J. Braun. 1999. Molecular phylogeny of the marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae): Tests of evolutionary and biogeographic hypotheses. Systematic Biology, 48 (4): 715 - 734.
  • Kwiecinski, G. G. 1998. Marmota monax. Mammalian Species, 591: 1 - 8.