Gray marmot Marmota baibacina Least concern
Where the gray marmot lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 8 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See squirrels, chipmunks & marmots on the world map
| Scientific name | Marmota baibacina |
|---|---|
| Group | Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 1 country |
| Continents | Europe |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Sciuridae |
Where does the gray marmot live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gray marmot in 1 country or territory across Europe.
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.
Is the gray marmot endangered?
The gray marmot’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the gray marmot?
The gray marmot (Marmota baibacina) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Marmota. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the gray marmot
The gray marmot, grey marmot, or Altai marmot (Marmota baibacina) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is one of the larger marmots in the genus Marmota. It occurs in mountainous grasslands and shrub lands of central Asia, and is one of the 9 Palearctic (Eurasia) species. It is found in Xinjiang Province in China, southeastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and in the Altai and Tien Shan Mountains in southeastern Siberia in Russia. In the Mongolian Altai, its range overlaps with that of the Tarbagan marmot. Gray marmots form social groups, live in burrows, and hibernate.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gray marmot (revision 1379032285), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q326994 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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