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Marmota bobak (Muller, 1776). Natursyst. Suppl., p. 40. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Ukrainsk. S.S. R., right (W) bank of Dnepr River, (originally “ Poland ”). DISTRIBUTION: Steppes of E. Europe, east to N. and C. Kazakhstan (U.S. S.R.). COMMENT: See comments under baibacina, himalayana, and sibirica. Includes kozlovi; see Fokanov, 1966, Zool. Zh., 45:1864; and tschaganensis; see Gromov et al., 1965:337-387. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002016001001.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 1), pp. 345-382 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 354, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353023