Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri Kashkarov 1925 Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri Kashkarov 1925, Trans. Turk. Sci. Soc., 2: 47. Type Locality: "Chigyr-Tash, in the headwaters of the Ugam River, Talass Ala Tau" [Yuzhno-Kazakhstansk. Obl., Kazakhstan]. Vernacular Names: Menzbier's Marmot. Subspecies:: Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri subsp. menzbieri Kashkarov 1925 Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) menzbieri subsp. zachidovi Petrov 1963 Distribution: W Tien Shan Mtns, in S Kazakhstan and NW Kirgizia. Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: Subgenus Marmota (Steppan et al., 1999). Regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:514) as a probable synonym of marmota; but see Corbet (1978 c:81). Steppan et al. (1999) found menzbieri to be the sister species to caudata.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 801, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535