Long-tailed Marmot

Taxobox
name = Long-tailed Marmot


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Marmota"
subgenus = "Marmota"
species = "M. caudata"
binomial = "Marmota caudata"
binomial_authority = (Geoffroy, 1844)
synonyms = The Long-tailed Marmot or Marmota De Cola Larga ("Marmota caudata") is a species of marmot in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12825/all Marmota caudata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
*Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.