He was gigantic. He was as big as a young woodchuck.

它大得像只小旱獭。

The 42-year-old man bought two dead marmots before his death.

这名42岁的男子生前买了两只旱獭。

As just noted, groundhogs are a type of marmot.

2、如上所述，土拨鼠旱獭。

Marmots are members of the Sciuridae family, which makes the groundhog just a really big ground squirrel.

旱獭属于松鼠科，因此土拨鼠只非常大的地松鼠。

Mongolia's health authorities urged citizens not to hunt or eat marmot to prevent the spread of bubonic plague.

蒙古国卫生部门敦促公民不要捕猎或食用旱獭，以防鼠疫蔓延。

So you can accurately say, " Hey, that marmot just saw its shadow."

因此你可以准确地说，“嘿，那只旱獭看见了自已的影子。”

The groundhog's scientific name is Marmota monax, making it one of 14 types of marmot that can be found in the Northern Hemisphere.

1、土拨鼠的学名美洲旱獭，北半球发现的14旱獭中的。