| Vancouver Island marmot | |
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| In Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, British Columbia, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Marmota |
| Subgenus: | Marmota (Petromarmota) |
| Species: | M. vancouverensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Marmota vancouverensis (Swarth, 1911)
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Current distribution
Former distribution
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The Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) is a species of marmot endemic to Vancouver Island, in British Columbia.[3] It is one of only five land mammals endemic to Canada.[4]
- ^ Roach, N. (2017). "Marmota vancouverensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T12828A22259184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T12828A22259184.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Canada, Environment and Climate Change (6 December 2019). "Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis): COSEWIC assessment and status report 2019". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Hide and seek: The race to save the Vancouver Island Marmot". canadiangeographic.ca. Retrieved 2023-09-23.