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. Obi., Kazakhstan]. DISTRIBUTION: W Tien Shan Mtns, in S Kazakhstan and NW Kirgizia. STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: zachidovi Petrov, 1963. COMMENTS: Regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:514) as a probable synonym of marmota; but see Corbet (1978c:81).

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Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 432, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130