Article du Bulletin
Experimental interspecies hybridization in marmots [Hybridation interspécifique expérimentale chez les marmottes].
Fedoseeva G.A. (Федосеева Г.А.) & Brandler O. (Брандлер О.) · 2008 · In Abstracts of the VI marmot meeting, Marmots in a changing world, 25.
Résumé
An experimental hybridization of bobak-group marmots was carried out in a cage keeping conditions. Captured in the wild Marmota baibacina female and M. Kastschenkoi male bred in 2007. They gave birth 6 young: 3 males and 3 females. Next couple, captured in the wild M. baibacina female and a born in captivity M. bobac male gave birth 4 young in 2008. Exterior, morphological and behavioral characters of hybrids are discussed.