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Long-tailed marmot

Marmota caudata (Geoffroy, 1844)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata) is a species in the family Sciuridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 4.23 kg to 4.35 kg and live up to 0.583 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata)
Photo: Amit kapil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-tailed marmot

Weight
4.23 kg – 4.35 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
0.583 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Gestation
30.5 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
4.73src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.49 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the long-tailed marmot live?

Not recorded

What is the long-tailed marmot?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata) or golden marmot is a marmot species in the family Sciuridae.

It occurs in mountainous regions in the central parts of Asia where it lives in open or lightly wooded habitats, often among rocks where dwarf junipers grow. It is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern. As suggested by its name, it is a relatively long-tailed species of marmot.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-tailed marmot” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-tailed_marmot&oldid=1381329604), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-tailed marmot endangered?

The long-tailed marmot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the long-tailed marmot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familySciuridae
  6. genusMarmota
  7. SpeciesMarmota caudata (Geoffroy, 1844)

Synonyms Arctomys caudata, Arctomys caudatus, Arctomys littledalei

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Golden marmotEnglish
  • svišť dlouhoocasýCzech
  • Langhalet murmeldyrDanish
  • LangschwanzmurmeltierGerman
  • Geschwänztes MurmeltierGerman
  • Marmota De Cola LargaSpanish
  • pitkähäntämurmeliFinnish
  • Marmotte à longue queueFrench
  • Marmotta rossaItalian
  • Marmotta dalla coda lungaItalian
  • オナガマーモットJapanese
  • Қызыл суырKazakh
  • 긴꼬리마멋Korean
  • LanghalemurmeldyrNorwegian Bokmål
  • LangstaartmarmotDutch
  • świstak ogoniastyPolish
  • Świstak długoogoniastyPolish
  • Marmota-de-cauda-longaPortuguese
  • Красный сурокRussian
  • Длиннохвостый сурокRussian
  • Uzun Kuyruklu MarmotTurkish
  • Бабак довгохвостийUkrainian
  • 長尾旱獺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-tailed marmot

Other species in the same genus Marmota.

LC, Least Concern
Groundhog (Marmota monax)

Groundhog

Marmota monax

Sciuridae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-tailed marmot?

An adult long-tailed marmot weighs 4.23 kg – 4.35 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-tailed marmot endangered?

The long-tailed marmot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the long-tailed marmot live?

The long-tailed marmot has a recorded lifespan of 0.583 years.

How long is the long-tailed marmot pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 30.5 days.

What kind of animal is the long-tailed marmot?

The long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata) belongs to the family Sciuridae in the order Rodentia.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-marmot

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{long_tailed_marmot_2026,
  title = {Long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-marmot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}