Forest-steppe marmot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the forest-steppe marmot lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Marmota kastschenkoi
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Found in	1 country
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the forest-steppe marmot live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the forest-steppe marmot in 1 country or territory across Europe.

Russia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the forest-steppe marmot?

The forest-steppe marmot (Marmota kastschenkoi) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Marmota. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the forest-steppe marmot

The forest-steppe marmot (Marmota kastschenkoi) is a rodent species of the marmot genus found in south-central Russia. It lives in wooded forest steppe at an altitude of 180–450 m (590–1,480 ft) in a relatively small region located directly east of the upper Ob River. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the similar, more southerly distributed gray marmot (M. baibacina), but was separated mainly due to different diploid numbers.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Forest-steppe marmot (revision 1210059310), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q12841876 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).