Siberian marmot

Siberian marmot
Siberian marmot ( Marmota sibirica )
Systematics
Subordination : Squirrel relatives (Sciuromorpha) Family : Squirrel (Sciuridae) Subfamily : Ground Squirrel (Xerinae) Tribe : Real ground squirrels (Marmotini) Genre : Marmots ( marmota ) Type : Siberian marmot
Scientific name
Marmota sibirica
( Radde , 1862)

The Siberian marmot ( Marmota sibirica ) is a species of the squirrel family . It occurs in Southwest Siberia , Tuva , Transbaikalia , North and West Mongolia , as well as Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia . In the Mongolian Altai Mountains , where its distribution area borders on that of the gray marmot and both species occur partly sympatric , it inhabits fertile high valleys, while the gray marmots apparently only inhabit the tops of the mountain ridges. The species was classified as not endangered by the IUCN in 1996.

There are two subspecies:

• M. s. sibirica
• M. s. caliginosus

It is believed that, together with the Mongolian pika ( Ochotona pallasi ), it is the carrier of a local form of the plague known as "marmot plague".

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 , online .
2. ↑ Konstantin A. Rogovin: Habitat use by two species of Mongolian marmots (Marmota sibirica and M. baibacina) in a zone of sympatry. In: Acta Theriologica. Vol. 37, No. 4, ISSN  0001-7051 , pp. 345-350, abstract online ( memento of the original dated December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
3. ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species online