Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Marmota monax (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:60 . TYPE LOCALITY: "in America septentrionalis." Restricted by Thomas (1911a:147) to Maryland [ USA ]. DISTRIBUTION: Alaska ( USA ) through S Canada to S Labrador to NE and SC USA ; south in Rocky Mtns, possibly to N Idaho . SYNONYMS: bunkeri Black, 1935; canadensis ( Erxleben, 1777 ); empetra (Pallas, 1778); ignava (Bangs, 1899); johnsoni Anderson, 1943 ; melanopus (Kuhl, 1820); ochracea Swarth, 1911; petrensis A. Howell, 1915 ; preblorum A. Howell, 1914 ; rufescens A. Howell, 1914 ; sibila (Wolf, 1808).