Tarbagan , or Mongolian (Siberian) marmot [1] ( lat. Marmota sibirica ) is a mammal of the marmot genus living in Russia (in the steppes of Transbaikalia and Tuva ), Mongolia (excluding the south), and Northeastern China .
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| Marmota sibirica Radde , 1862 |
International Red Book IUCN 3.1 Endangered : 12832 |
Length - up to 60 cm. Carrier of the causative agent of plague .
Tarbagans are also called black-capped marmots in Kamchatka and Koryak. .
The object of hunting. In the old days it was eaten by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia: the Huns , the Mongols [2], and others.
Notes
- ↑ Sokolov V. Ye. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Mammals. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova. - M .: Rus. lang., 1984. - p. 141. - 10 000 copies.
- ↑ The main occupations of the Mongolian steppe were two: cattle breeding and hunting
Links
- Vertebrates of Russia: Groundhog-Tarbagan
- Baillie, J. 1996. Marmota sibirica .
- 2006 IUCN List of Endangered Species List of Threatened Species .
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