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Himalayan Marmot

Marmota (Marmota) himalayana (Hodgson, 1841)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Himalayan Marmot - (Marmota himalayana) - photographed at Tshophu Lake altitude 4100 metres near Jangothang, Bhutan.

Himalayan Marmot - (Marmota himalayana) - photographed at Tshophu Lake altitude 4100 metres near Jangothang, Bhutan.

Christopher Fynn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. It is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern because of its wide range and possibly large population.

Wikipedia contributors, Himalayan marmot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:17:57.085043+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Marmota (Marmota) himalayana (Hodgson, 1841)
Name authority
(Hodgson, 1841)
Common name
Himalayan Marmot
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Marmota
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
  12. suborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
  13. familySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
  14. subfamilyXerinae Osborn, 1910
  15. tribeMarmotini Pocock, 1923
  16. genusMarmota Blumenbach, 1779
  17. subgenusMarmota Blumenbach, 1779
  18. speciesMarmota (Marmota) himalayana (Hodgson, 1841)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Marmota. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gray MarmotMarmota (Marmota) baibacina Kastschenko, 1899SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bobak MarmotMarmota (Marmota) bobak (Müller, 1776)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Alaska MarmotMarmota (Marmota) broweri Hall & Gilmore, 1934SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hoary MarmotMarmota (Petromarmota) caligata (Eschscholtz, 1829)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow-bellied MarmotMarmota (Petromarmota) flaviventris (Audubon & Bachman, 1841)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
GroundhogMarmota (Marmota) monax (Linnaeus, 1758)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tarbagan MarmotMarmota (Marmota) sibirica (Radde, 1862)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Alpine MarmotMarmota (Marmota) marmota (Linnaeus, 1758)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-capped MarmotMarmota (Marmota) camtschatica (Pallas, 1811)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Forest Steppe MarmotMarmota (Marmota) kastschenkoi Stroganov & Yudin, 1956SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Menzbier's MarmotMarmota (Marmota) menzbieri (Kashkarov, 1925)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Olympic MarmotMarmota (Petromarmota) olympus (Merriam, 1898)SciuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632382 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3Y84C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.