Bobak Marmot

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The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak) is a species of marmot that inhabits the steppes of Russia and Central Asia.

Like other marmots, the bobak is susceptible to infection by bubonic plague. A population of bobaks living in the Ural Mountains is believed to have served as a reservoir host for the bubonic plague epidemic that struck western Russia at the end of the 19th century.

References

• Tchabovsky (1996). [Marmota bobak]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 May 2006.

 

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