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That's right, woodchuck, chunkers.

It's brown hog.

Hey, get out and check that hog out there.

February 2nd, the day each year when we look towards an oversized rodent to find out how much more winter will endure.

In honor of the occasion, here's seven things you might not have known about the groundhog.

Number one, the groundhog's scientific name is Marmoda Monax, making it one of 14 types of marmit that can be found in the northern hemisphere.

Oh, nice marmot.

Marmits are members of the Sierra Day family, which makes the groundhog just a really big

ground squirrel.

Number two.

As just noted, groundhogs are a type of marmot, so you could accurately say, hey,

that marmot just saw its shadow.

You could also refer to them as woodchucks, whistle pigs, or land beavers, depending on where you're from.

The name whistlepig comes from the high-pitched whistle that groundhogs admit to warn the rest of a colony about danger.

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