Marmota menzbieri (Kashkarov, 1925) . Trans. Turk. Sci. Soc., 2:47.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Kazakh. S.S. R., Yuzhno-Kazakhstansk. ObL, Talassk. Alatau Mtns., Chigyr-Tash, on upper Ugama River .

DISTRIBUTION: W. Tien Shan Mtns., in S. Kazakhstan and N.W. Kirgizia (U.S. S. R.).

COMMENT: Regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:514, as a synonym of marmota, but see Corbet, 1978:81.