The groundhog, also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. A lowland creature of North America, it is found thr
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Baby groundhog with its mother
Groundhog displaying its incisors
A motionless individual, alert to danger, will whistle when alarmed to warn other groundhogs.
Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America. These herbivores are active during the summer, when they can often be found in group
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…groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. A lowland creature of North America, it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska. It was given its scientific…
071 Wild marmot at Grand Muveran Nature Reserve Photo by Giles Laurent
Marmot in its natural habitat
North American marmot, Montreal, Canada
A Marmot with a Branch of Plums, 1605 by Jacopo Ligozzi