Notable for their thickset bodies, short legs, small rounded ears, and dense fur adapted to cold climates.
Marmots are large, robust ground squirrels belonging to the genus Marmota, notable for their thickset bodies, short legs, small rounded ears, and dense fur adapted to cold climates. They are among the heaviest members of the squirrel family, with some species weighing well over fifteen pounds before hibernation.
Estimated to have killed between 75 and 200 million people.
The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, devastating Europe, West Asia, and North Africa during the mid-14th century.
