marmot

Any of various stocky, coarse-furred, burrowing rodents of the genus Marmota, having short legs and ears and short bushy tails and found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

A rodent quadruped of the genus Arctomys; a bear-mouse, ground-hog, or woodchuck.

The Cape cony, Hyrax capensis: a misnomer. Kolbe, Vosmaer, Buffon, etc.

Any rodent of the genus Marmota (formerly Arctomys) of the subfamily Sciurinae. The common European marmot (Marmota marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (Marmota monax) is the woodchuck (also called groundhog), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety.

Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.

a ground squirrel or spermophile.

See Prairie dog.

Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter