NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Tarbagan Marmot
Marmota (Marmota) sibirica (Radde, 1862)
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.
Marmota sibirica - (Russia, Mongolia) - Rochers-de-Naye, Switzerland, 2009
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Open encyclopedia reference
The tarbagan marmot (Marmota sibirica) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang), northern and western Mongolia, and Russia (southwest Siberia, Tuva, Transbaikalia). In the Mongolian Altai Mountains, its range overlaps with that of the gray marmot. The species was classified as endangered by the IUCN in 2008.
Two subspecies are recognized, M. s. sibirica and M. s. caliginosus.
Wikipedia contributors, Tarbagan marmot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:34:13.422714+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Marmota (Marmota) sibirica (Radde, 1862)
- Name authority
- (Radde, 1862)
- Common name
- Tarbagan 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
- familySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- subfamilyXerinae Osborn, 1910
- tribeMarmotini Pocock, 1923
- genusMarmota Blumenbach, 1779
- subgenusMarmota Blumenbach, 1779
- speciesMarmota (Marmota) sibirica (Radde, 1862)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Marmota. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gray MarmotMarmota (Marmota) baibacina Kastschenko, 1899 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bobak MarmotMarmota (Marmota) bobak (Müller, 1776) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alaska MarmotMarmota (Marmota) broweri Hall & Gilmore, 1934 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hoary MarmotMarmota (Petromarmota) caligata (Eschscholtz, 1829) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied MarmotMarmota (Petromarmota) flaviventris (Audubon & Bachman, 1841) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan MarmotMarmota (Marmota) himalayana (Hodgson, 1841) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| GroundhogMarmota (Marmota) monax (Linnaeus, 1758) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alpine MarmotMarmota (Marmota) marmota (Linnaeus, 1758) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped MarmotMarmota (Marmota) camtschatica (Pallas, 1811) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest Steppe MarmotMarmota (Marmota) kastschenkoi Stroganov & Yudin, 1956 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Menzbier's MarmotMarmota (Marmota) menzbieri (Kashkarov, 1925) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olympic MarmotMarmota (Petromarmota) olympus (Merriam, 1898) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632385 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:3Y84K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.