The difference between Ground squirrel and Marmot
When used as nouns, ground squirrel means any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs), whereas marmot means any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera marmota and cynomys in the squirrel family.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ground squirrel and Marmot
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Ground squirrel as a noun:
Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
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Ground squirrel as a noun:
Any of the squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribes Marmotini and .
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Ground squirrel as a noun:
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Marmot as a noun:
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.