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title: "Bosmarmot"
description: "Marmota monax — Zoogdieren. The groundhog, also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/groundhog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bosmarmot

> Marmota monax — Zoogdieren. The groundhog, also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.

- Scientific name: *Marmota monax*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 65618
- Wikidata: [Q221612](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221612)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46095](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46095)

## Names

- en: Groundhog
- de: Waldmurmeltier
- es: Marmota canadiense
- fr: Marmotte commune
- nl: Bosmarmot
- pl: Świstak amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (45813), CA (15170)

## Summary

The groundhog, also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. 
A lowland creature of North America, it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska. 
It was given its scientific name as Mus monax by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, based on a description of the animal by George Edwards, published in 1743.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog

## Photo

![Bosmarmot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/groundhog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gary John Peresta · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26017926

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/groundhog?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).