Getting to know groundhogs

Sunday, October 4, 2009

The groundhog is Southeast Missouri's largest native rodent. Also going by the names woodchuck and whistle-pig, it is a distant relative of the squirrel. Groundhogs are common throughout most of North America, even ranging into Alaska.

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