The Vancouver Island Marmot is one of the world's rarest mammals and Canada's most endangered, with wild populations reduced to fewer than 30 individuals by 2003 before an intensive captive breeding and reintroduction program was launched. It is found only on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in subalpine meadows created by snow avalanches. Its chocolate-brown fur with white patches makes it one of the most distinctively marked marmots.
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