#0203 · 🦊 mammals

Groundhog

🇳🇱 Bosmarmot ·Marmota monax

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

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. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The groundhog is also referred to as a chuck , wood-shock , groundpig , whistlepig , whistler , thickwood badger , Canada marmot , monax , moonack , weenusk , and red monk . The name "thickwood badger" was given in the Northwest to distinguish the animal from the prairie...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 67,058iNaturalist observations
weight 27 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
67,058 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 27 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).