{"id":98900,"date":"2022-04-22T12:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:26:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:26:09","slug":"what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/","title":{"rendered":"What animal is similar to groundhog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_animal_is_similar_to_groundhog\" title=\"What animal is similar to groundhog?\">What animal is similar to groundhog?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_other_animal_looks_like_a_gopher\" title=\"What other animal looks like a gopher?\">What other animal looks like a gopher?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#Is_a_marmot_the_same_as_groundhog\" title=\"Is a marmot the same as groundhog?\">Is a marmot the same as groundhog?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#Which_animals_are_on_the_ground\" title=\"Which animals are on the ground?\">Which animals are on the ground?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_animal_looks_like_a_groundhog\" title=\"What animal looks like a groundhog?\">What animal looks like a groundhog?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_is_the_closest_relative_to_a_groundhog\" title=\"What is the closest relative to a groundhog?\">What is the closest relative to a groundhog?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#How_do_you_tell_the_difference_between_a_gopher_and_a_groundhog\" title=\"How do you tell the difference between a gopher and a groundhog?\">How do you tell the difference between a gopher and a groundhog?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_animal_looks_like_a_gopher\" title=\"What animal looks like a gopher?\">What animal looks like a gopher?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_animal_looks_like_a_big_rodent\" title=\"What animal looks like a big rodent?\">What animal looks like a big rodent?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_animal_looks_like_a_rodent\" title=\"What animal looks like a rodent?\">What animal looks like a rodent?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-animal-is-similar-to-groundhog-3\/#What_rodent_has_a_long_nose\" title=\"What rodent has a long nose?\">What rodent has a long nose?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_animal_is_similar_to_groundhog\"><\/span>What animal is similar to groundhog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Marmots (Marmota monax) belong to a group of animals called <b>ground squirrels which consists of groundhogs (a.k.a. woodchucks; Marmota monax), rock squirrels (Otospermophilus variegatus), and more than 10 other different species.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_other_animal_looks_like_a_gopher\"><\/span>What other animal looks like a gopher?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Gophers and groundhogs have many similarities. Both are rodents (an animal group that also includes squirrels, beavers, rats, and mice, among many other animals). Gophers and groundhogs are both brown and furry and known for digging burrows, and both are herbivores.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_a_marmot_the_same_as_groundhog\"><\/span>Is a marmot the same as groundhog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Marmots (scientific name Marmota) are the bulkiest in the family of ground squirrels. <b>Groundhogs (scientifically Marmota monax), nicknamed woodchucks, are rodents that belong to the family of marmots. Like other squirrels, both have long incisors that help them in eating and have a burrow as a place to stay in.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_animals_are_on_the_ground\"><\/span>Which animals are on the ground?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Around 25% of Earth&#8217;s creatures use soil as their habitat, from <b>Worms, Ants, Bees, Termites, Moles, Gophers, Armadillos, and Groundhogs. Animals that dig or live primarily underground are characterized as fossorial creatures.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_animal_looks_like_a_groundhog\"><\/span>What animal looks like a groundhog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Marmots (Marmota monax) belong to a group of animals called <b>ground squirrels which consists of groundhogs (a.k.a. woodchucks; Marmota monax), rock squirrels (Otospermophilus variegatus), and more than 10 other different species.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_closest_relative_to_a_groundhog\"><\/span>What is the closest relative to a groundhog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Rather than just focusing on groundhogs this year, here are some fascinating facts about these rodents and some of their close relatives:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hoary marmot.  <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-bellied marmot.  <\/li>\n<li>Richardson&#8217;s ground squirrel.  <\/li>\n<li>Arctic ground squirrel.  <\/li>\n<li>Northern flying squirrel.  <\/li>\n<li>American red squirrel.  <\/li>\n<li>Black-tailed prairie dog.  <\/li>\n<li>Eastern chipmunk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_tell_the_difference_between_a_gopher_and_a_groundhog\"><\/span>How do you tell the difference between a gopher and a groundhog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The main difference between gopher and groundhog is that <b>gopher is smaller and lighter whereas groundhog is larger and heavier. Furthermore, gopher has yellowish teeth, which can be seen even when their mouths are closed while groundhog has white color teeth, which can only be seen when they open their mouth.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_animal_looks_like_a_gopher\"><\/span>What animal looks like a gopher?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Gophers and groundhogs have many similarities. Both are rodents (an animal group that also includes squirrels, beavers, rats, and mice, among many other animals). Gophers and groundhogs are both brown and furry and known for digging burrows, and both are herbivores.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_animal_looks_like_a_big_rodent\"><\/span>What animal looks like a big rodent?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You thought the beaver was a rodent of unusual size? <b>The capybara is twice that bigthe biggest rodent on Earth. These impressive semi-aquatic mammals are found throughout much of northern and central South America, though a small invasive population has been seen in Florida.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_animal_looks_like_a_rodent\"><\/span>What animal looks like a rodent?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mouse-like rodents (Myomorpha) are a group of rodents that includes <b>rats, mice, voles, hamsters, lemmings, dormice, harvest mice, muskrats, and gerbils. There are about 1,400 species of mouse-like rodents alive today, making them the most diverse (in terms of a number of species) group of all living rodents.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_rodent_has_a_long_nose\"><\/span>What rodent has a long nose?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>common shrew<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What animal is similar to groundhog?What other animal looks like a gopher?Is a marmot the same as groundhog?Which animals are on the ground?What animal looks like a groundhog?What is the closest relative to a groundhog?How do you tell the difference between a gopher and a groundhog?What animal looks like a gopher?What animal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}