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Menzbier's Marmot

Marmota menzbieri

Classification

Family
Sciuridae

The Menzbier's marmot (Marmota menzbieri) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae from Central Asia. Its name commemorates Russian zoologist Mikhail Aleksandrovich Menzbier. Distribution and habitat It inhabits meadows and steppe at altitudes of 2,000–3,600 m (6,600–11,800 ft) in the western Tien Shan Mountains of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and far northern Tajikistan.

Distribution

Post of Uzbekistan · CC0
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