LYNN M. STONE / Woodchuck family in grass {Marmota monax} Minnesota, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Woodchuck in flower meadow (Marmota monax) Minnesota, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Woodchuck holding plant food in paws (Marmota monax) Minnesota, USA

Mike Read / Woodchuck (Marmota monax) feeding on grass verge beside the road to Wolfe Point, near Alma New Brunswick, Canada, August.

Ingo Arndt / Woodchuck (Marmota monax) hibernating in burrow, Minnesota, USA, captive.

MYN / Clay Bolt / Groundhog (Marmota monax) orphan in rehabilitation, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, United States, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Groundhog (Marmota monax) orphan in rehabilitation, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, United States, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Steve Gettle / Groundhog (Marmota monax), Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Groundhog (Marmota monax) feeding, Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Ingo Arndt / Woodchuck (Marmota monax) emerging from snow after hibernation in its burrow, Minnesota

Ingo Arndt / Woodchuck (Marmota monax) emerging from snow after hibernation in its burrow, Minnesota

Shattil & Rozinski / Swift fox (Vulpes velox) carrying prey (Woodchuck?), Wyoming, USA