NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Alpine Marmot
Marmota (Marmota) marmota (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.
Wild marmot at Grand Muveran Hunting Ban Reserve
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Open encyclopedia reference
The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a large ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, at heights between 800 and 3,200 m (2,600–10,500 ft) in the Alps, Carpathians, Tatras and Northern Apennines. In 1948 they were reintroduced with success in the Pyrenees, where the alpine marmot had disappeared at end of the Pleistocene epoch.
Wikipedia contributors, Alpine marmot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:59:52.818834+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Marmota (Marmota) marmota (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Alpine 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) marmota (Linnaeus, 1758)
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 |
| Tarbagan MarmotMarmota (Marmota) sibirica (Radde, 1862) | 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.
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=632383 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:735R2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.