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I don't think I've seen a groundhog in person.
Groundhog

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For other uses, see Groundhog (disambiguation) and Woodchuck (disambiguation).
Groundhog

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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Marmota
Species: M. monax

  • M. m. monax Linnaeus, 1758
  • M. m. canadensis Erxleben, 1777
  • M. m. ignava Bangs, 1899
  • M. m. rufescens A. H. Howell, 1914

Groundhog range​


A groundhog burrow hole showing size.


An adult female groundhog walking through snow in March


A groundhog has climbed up to reach water in a bird bath.


Juvenile groundhog siblings on a morning in early June.


Mated groundhogs in March. Female on the left, male on the right.


Juvenile groundhog siblings play-fighting


Groundhog prepares to feast on an acorn


Emerged from hibernation in February, groundhog takes leaves to line the burrow nest or toilet chamber.
The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, or whistlepig,[2] is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.[3] The groundhog is also referred to as a chuck, wood-shock, groundpig, whistler, thickwood badger, Canada marmot, monax, moonack, weenusk, and red monk. The
 

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