English

Noun

tarbagan ‎(plural tarbagans)

1. A species of marmot, Marmota sibirica, which lives on the steppes of Central Asia.
   • 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society 2007, p. 13:

     One can only guess which rodent was most readily to be found near Lake Issyk-Koul in 1338 but the experience of later epidemics points to the tarbagan or Manchurian marmot, a beguiling squirrel-like creature much hunted for its skin.

References

1. ↑ "tarbagan." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.