striped marmot

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a gopher, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, having stripes down its back.

See: gopher

Quotations

1819

Mr. Black killed a small striped marmot.

1908

[Richardson found this species [striped spermophile] quite common at Carleton House, Saskatchewan.]