Quebec marmot

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large burrowing rodent, Marmota monax, common in eastern and central Canada.

See: groundhog(def. 1)

Quotations

1754

The Wenusk, or Quebec Marmot, feeds on coarse grass.

1849

List of Animals . . . in New Brunswick . . . Arctomys Empetra Wood chuck, Quebec Marmot.