Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 754 818 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Marmota (Marmota) caudata Geoffroy 1844 Marmota (Marmota) caudata Geoffroy 1844 , in: Jacquemont, Voy. dans l'Inde, 4, Zool.: 66 . Type Locality: "Hombur [Ghombur] area, upper reaches of the Indus in Kashmir [ India ]" ( Ognev, 1963 a :284 ) . Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Marmot . Subspecies: : Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. caudata Geoffroy 1844 Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. aurea Blanford 1875 Subspecies Marmota (Marmota) caudata subsp. dichrous Anderson 1875 Distribution: W Tien Shan through the Pamirs ( Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan ) to Hindu Kush ( Afghanistan ), Pakistan , Kashmir ( India ), and mountains of extreme W Xinjiang and Xizang ( China ). Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India ); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Subgenus Marmota ( Steppan et al., 1999 ) . Includes dichrous ( Corbet, 1978 c :82 ); but also see Gromov et al. (1965:440) who listed it as a distinct species.