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Classified as a marmot the groundhog is a member of the squirrelfamily Sciuridae within the order Rodentia. Adult groundhogs range anywhere from 16 to 22 inches in length and weigh anywhere between five and 13 pounds.
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Groundhogs are widely distributed across North America ranging as far south as Alabama and as far north as Alaska.
. And are most often found where a wooded area meets a clearing. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Groundhog Marmota monax also called woodchuck one of 14 species of marmotsMarmota considered basically a giant North American ground squirrel.
Gary the Groundhog in Ontario Brandon Bob in Manitoba and Balzac Billy in Alberta. The groundhog is a lowland creature of North America. Groundhogs have four legs and their front.
However they will gather in suburban neighbourhoods if food is plentiful. Groundhog burrows are so complex that each has its own bathroom chamber. They build extensive burrows anywhere from eight to.
It is sometimes destructive to gardens and pasturelands. Fame From Hollywood The movie Groundhog Day from 1993 starring comedian Bill Murray made the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania famous worldwide. Their bodies are compact and chunky and covered in brownish gray fur with a short tail.
They have several common names including whistle pig woodchuck and land beaver. Groundhogs or woodchucks Marmota monax are rodents indigenous to the eastern US. Other names for groundhogs include woodchucks whistle-pigs and land-beavers.
Groundhogs also called woodchucks and whistle-pigs like to graze and sun themselves in yards fields and meadows and dig burrows in prairies open forests meadows and pastures. Groundhogs are rodent order in the Sciuridae family. Grundsau dåk Grundsaudaag Grundsow Dawg Murmeltiertag.
It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow due to clear weather. They are one of the largest and most well known animal diggers in the world. Daks Day is a popular North American tradition observed in the United States and Canada on February 2.
It is found through much of the Eastern United States across Canada and into Alaska. They are much bigger than. Groundhog Day Pennsylvania German.
Groundhogs are skilled climbers and swimmers which helps them to escape less-skilled predators. The groundhog Marmota monax also known as a woodchuck is a rodent of the family Sciuridae belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Featured Video Their burrows in which groundhogs spend most of their time can be 50 feet long.
Groundhogs are the largest species in the squirrel family.
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