Marmota caligata sheldoni Howell, 1914
Montague Island hoary marmot
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: July 1908 (May 1978?)
Distribution
Montague Island, Alaska, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Howell, A. H. (1914). Ten new marmots from North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 27: 13-18.
Other references:
Cook, J. A. (1998). Marmota caligata (Eschscholtz 1829) Hoary marmot. In: Hafner, D.; Yensen, E.; Kirkland, G.L., Jr., eds. North American rodents. Status survey and conservation action plan. Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: 39-41.
Fay, F. H. and Sease, J. L. (1985). Preliminary status survey of selected small mammals. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Report on file with: University of Alaska, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK. 53 p.
Heller, E. (1910). Mammals of the 1908 Alexander expedition, with descriptions of the localities visited and notes on the flora of the Prince William Sound region. University of California Publications in Zoology 5(11): 321-360.
Howell, A. H. (1915). Revision of the American marmots. North American Fauna 37: 1-80.
Lance, Ellen Weintraub. (2002). Montague Island marmot: a conservation assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-541. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 pp.