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Encyclopedia Britannica



WOODCHUCK

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 797 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WIL-YAK
WOODCHUCK , the vernacular name of the common North American representative of the marmots (see
MARMOT
 ), scientific-ally known as Arctomys monax. The typical race of this species ranges from New
York
  to Georgia and westward to the Dakotas, but it is represented by a second and darker race in Labrador, and by a third in Canada; while several other North American species, have been named. The
ordinary
  woodchuck
measures
  about 18 in. in length, of which the tail forms a third. In colour it is usually brownish black above, with the nose, chin, cheeks and throat tending to whitish, and the under parts brownish
chestnut
 ; while the feet and tail are black and blackish. Like other marmots it is a burrower.


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