Marmota broweri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Marmotini
Genus: Marmota
Subgenus: Marmota (Marmota)
Species: Marmota broweri

Name

Marmota broweri Hall & Gilmore, 1934

Holotype: MVZ 51675, adult sex indet., skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, obtained by Charles D. Brower on 10 December 1931.
Type locality: “Point Lay, Arctic Coast of Alaska”, restricted to “near the head of the Kukpowruk River, at about lat. 69°N” by Rausch (1953: 117).

Combinations

Marmota caligata broweri Hall & Gilmore, 1934: 57 [original combination, as subspecies]
Marmota marmota broweri: Rausch, 1953: 119 [subsequent combination]
Marmota broweri: Rausch & Rausch, 1965: 621 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

Marmota broweri — distribution map

United States: Alaska
Canada: Yukon Territory (possible)

References

Primary references

Hall, E.R. & Gilmore, R.M. 1934. Marmota caligata broweri, a new marmot from northern Alaska. Canadian Field-Naturalist 48(4): 57–60. BHL Reference page.
Rausch, R.L. 1953. On the Status of Some Arctic Mammals. Arctic 6(2): 91–148. DOI: 10.14430/arctic3870 Reference page.
Rausch, R.L. & Rausch, V.R. 1965. Cytogenetic evidence for the specific distinction of an Alaskan marmot, Marmota broweri Hall and Gilmore (Mammalia: Sciuridae). Chromosoma 16: 618–623. DOI: 10.1007/BF00326977 Reference page.

Additional references

Rausch, R.L. & Rausch, V.R. 1971. The somatic chromosomes of some North American marmots (Sciuridae), with remarks on the relationships of Marmota broweri Hall and Gilmore. Mammalia 35(1): 85–101. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1971.35.1.85 Reference page.
Hoffmann, R.S., Koeppl, J.W. & Nadler, C.F. 1979. The relationships of the amphiberingian marmots (Mammalia: Sciuridae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas 83: 1–56. BHL Reference page.
Hoffmann, R.S., Anderson, C.G., Thorington Jr., R.W. & Heaney, L.R. 1993. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 419–465 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
Steppan, S.J., Akhverdyan, M.R., Lyapunova, E.A., Fraser, D.G., Vorontsov, N.N., Hoffmann, R.S. & Braun, M.J. 1999. Molecular Phylogeny of the Marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae): Tests of Evolutionary and Biogeographic Hypotheses. Systematic Biology 48(4): 715–734. DOI: 10.1080/106351599259988 Reference page.
Thorington Jr., R.W. & Hoffmann, R.S. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754–818 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Gunderson, A.M., Jacobsen, B.K. & Olson L.E. 2009. Revised Distribution of the Alaska Marmot, Marmota broweri, and Confirmation of Parapatry with Hoary Marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 90(4): 859–869. DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-253.1 Reference page.

Additional references

Cassola, F. 2016. IUCN: Marmota broweri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42455A22258026. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42455A22258026.en. Accessed on 14 June 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alaska-Murmeltier
English: Alaska Marmot