Woodchuck

Gray Brothers Wildlife LLC setting traps for a woodchuck in New Canaan CT.

The groundhog 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. Other marmots, such as the yellow-bellied and hoary marmots, live in rocky and mountainous areas, but the groundhog is a lowland creature. It is widely distributed in North America and common in the northeastern and central United States and Canada. Groundhogs are found as far north as Alaska, with their habitat extending southeast to Georgia.

Woodchuck trap New Canaan CT
Woodchuck trap New Canaan CT

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