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title: "Tarbagan"
description: "Marmota sibirica — Zoogdieren. The tarbagan marmot (Marmota sibirica) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tarbagan-marmot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tarbagan

> Marmota sibirica — Zoogdieren. The tarbagan marmot (Marmota sibirica) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Marmota sibirica*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 301
- Wikidata: [Q1251864](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1251864)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46080](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46080)

## Names

- en: Tarbagan Marmot
- de: Sibirisches Murmeltier
- es: Marmota mongola
- fr: Marmotte de Sibérie
- nl: Tarbagan
- pl: Świstak syberyjski

## Countries with the most observations

MN (205), RU (35), CN (6)

## Summary

The tarbagan marmot (Marmota sibirica) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang), northern and western Mongolia, and Russia (southwest Siberia, Tuva, Transbaikalia). In the Mongolian Altai Mountains, its range overlaps with that of the gray marmot. The species was classified as endangered by the IUCN in 2008.
Two subspecies are recognized, M. s. sibirica and M. s. caliginosus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbagan_marmot

## Photo

![Tarbagan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tarbagan-marmot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philip Precey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251655216

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tarbagan-marmot?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).