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Genus M ARM OTA Blumenbach. * 



1779. Marmota Blumenbach, Handb. d. Naturgesch,, vol. 1, 

 p. 79. Type, Mus marmota Linn^us. 



*Marmota caligata (Eschscholtz). 



1829. Arctomys caligatus Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, part 2, p. 1, 



pi. 6. 

 1885. Arctomys pruinosus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 593. (Not of Gmelin.) 



1903. Marmotta caligata Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 19, p. 539. October 10, 1903. 



Type Locality. — Near Bristol Bay, Alaska. 



For use of the name caligata in place of pruinosa see Tyrrell, Proc. Canadi;in 

 Inst., Toronto, eer. 3, vol. 6, p. 88, October, 1888. 



t*Marmota dacota (Merriam). 



1S89. Arctomys dacota Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 2, 

 p. 8. October 30, 1889. 



1904. [Marmota] dacota Trouessart, Catal. Mamm. viv. foss., 

 suppl., p. 344. 



Type Locality. — Custer, Black Hills, South Dakota. 



* Marmota engelhardti Allen. 



1905. Marmota engelhardti Allen, Mus. Brooklyn Acad. Arts 

 and Sci., Science Bull., vol. 1, p. 120. March 31, 1905. 



Type Locality. — Briggs Meadows, Beaver Range Mountains, 

 Beaver County, LTtah. 



*Marmota flaviventer flaviventer (Audubon and Bachman) . 



1841. Arctomys flaviventer Ajjdubon and Bachman, Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 99. 

 1885. Arctomys flaviventer True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, 



(1884), p. 593. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — "Mountains between Texas and California." 



*Marmota flaviventer avara (Bangs). 



1899. Arctomys flaviventer avarus Bangs, Proc. New England 



Zool. Club, vol. 1, p. 68. July 31, 1899. 

 1904. [Marmota flaviventer] avarus Trouessart, Catal. Mamm. 



viv. foss., suppl., p. 344. 

 Type Locality. — Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. 



Marmota ignava (Bangs). 



1899. Arctomys ignavus Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 



vol. 1, p. 13. February 28, 1899. 

 Type Locality. — Black Bay, Straits of Belle Isle, Labrador. 



