Wikibooks: Field Guide/Mammals/Woodchuck

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alabama; Canada; Northwest Territories; Alaska
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Field_Guide/Mammals/Woodchuck

Mammal ID common name = Woodchuck latin name = Marmota monax image = Groundhog eating.jpg Woodchuck image caption = Woodchuck family = Squirrel (Sciuridae) size = Woodchucks weigh anywhere from 4 to 13 lbs (2 6 kg) and range from 16 to 27 inches (415 675 mm) in total length. Their tail length ranges from 4 to 6 inches (100 160 mm) in length. {{Citation last= Tobias first= C. year= 2011 title= ADW Marmota monax INFORMATION url= http //animaldi versity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Marmota monax/ accessdate= October 7 2012 description = Woodchucks are stout in appearance. Their fur color varies greatly but ranges from gray to cinnamon to dark brown. They have white tipped guard hairs giving them a grizzled appearance. Their paws are typically black to dark down. They have a short bushy tail that is often black or dark brown. The species also has white teeth and rounded ears. similar = Unlike most rodents woodchucks have white teeth. Their paws are also black unlike a subspecies that has pink. range = The woodchuck ranges from central Alaska east through Canada south of the northwest territories in the eastern United States south to Georgia Alabama Louisiana and Arkansas in the western United States absent from the Great Plains extending down to northern Idaho. Citation last1=Linzey first1=A.V. last2= Hammerson first2=G. last2= Cannings first2=S. year= 2008 title= Marmota monax (Woodchuck) url= http //www.iucnredlist.org/details/42458/0 accessdate= October 7 2012 habitat = The woodchuck is typically found in farmlands small woodlots forests fields pastures and hedgerows. It constructs its dens in well drained soils. They have separate dens for the winter and summer. Winter dens are located near protective cover while summer dens are located near food sources. diet = Woodchucks are primarily [[herbivores]] eating a wide variety of herbs grasses leaves bark and nuts. They also eat insects and mollusks. activity = Woodchucks are [[diurnal]]. They feed twice daily during the summer and mate soon after hibernation. Generally ...