Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae (tree and ground squirrels)
Tribe: Marmotini (ground squirrels and marmots)
Subtribe: Marmotina (marmots)
Genus: Marmota
Species: Marmota flaviventris
Adapted from Barash 1989
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