Chaskin

Holarctic Marmots as a factor of Biodiversity.
Rumiantsev V.Yu;, Nikol'skii A.A. & Brandler O.V. eds.,
Abstracts, 3d Conference on Marmots (Cheboksary, Russia, 25-30 August 1997),
Moscow ABF 1997, 216p.

THE BOBAC MARMOT IN CHELYABINSK REGION

P.V. Chaschin, N.V. Kiseleva

Ilmensky Reserve, Urals Dept. of RAS
Miass, Russia

The bobac was widely distributed at the Chelyabinsk area at the end of the XIX - beginning XX century. But hunting and ploughing up virgin land caused decline of the marmot numbers. At the present marmots are preserved in the very southen areas of the Chelyabinsk Region. Methods of preservation undertaking formaly were hold decline of the marmot numbers but state of this species are unknown.

For study morphometric characteristics of Kazakhstan bobak snaring was made at the areas situated not far from Bredinski marmot reservation in the south of Chelyabinsk region.

Results of the measures are given at the table.

		Length of the body, cm	Length of the cauda, cm	Length of foot, cm	Length of the ear, cm	Length of the forelegs, cm
Adult males n = 6	X	63.86	11.57	8.4	2.44	14.29
	X	2.12	1.72	0.65	0.26	1.29
	Cv	3.31	14.85	7.72	10.81	9.00
	Lim	62-67	9-14	7.5-9	2-2.8	11.5-15
Adult females n = 11	X	63.09	11.36	8.45	2.49	14
		2.07	1.50	0.47	0.26	0.77
	Cv	3.28	13.22	5.59	10.54	5.53
	Lim	60-67	9-14	8-9	2-3	13-15
Juven. males n = 6	X	53.67	10.42	8.5	2.27	12.5
		1.82	1.28	0.32	0.23	0.45
	Cv	3.47	12.30	3.72	10.30	3.58
	Lim	51-56	9-12	8-9	2-2.5	12-13
Juven. females n = 2	X	54	10.25	8.25	2	12.5
		2.83	1.06	0.35	0	0.71
	Cv	5.24	10.35	4.26	0	5.66
	Lim	52-56	9.5-11	8-8.5	0	12-13

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