Marmota monax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Woodchuck, Groundhog
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Vertebrate
Sublevel 2: Mammal
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Marmota
Species: Marmota monax
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Marmota monax
In a suburban yard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-04-30
In a suburban yard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-04-30
In a suburban yard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2009-06-24
On a college campus
Strafford County, NH
Date: 2015-06-30
In a vegetable garden
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-07-05
Burrow
Litchfield County, CT
Date: 2015-07-21