Showing posts with label Marmota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marmota. Show all posts
Aug 4, 2017
What's in a Name, Groundhog
The groundhog (Marmota monax),
also known as a woodchuck, or whistlepig, 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, 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 badger. Monax was a
Native American name of the woodchuck, which meant "the digger".
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