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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Rodentia > Sciuridae > Marmota

Preferred term

Marmota  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Marmot
  • Marmots

Note

  • do not confuse with MARMOSETS see CALLITHRIX

Scope note

  • A genus of Sciuridae consisting of 14 species. They are shortlegged, burrowing rodents which hibernate in winter.

History note

  • 91(82); was see under SCIURIDAE 1982-90; was MARMOTS see under RODENTS 1975-81

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008392

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