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Yes, it is in the rodent family. It's close cousin is the rabbit.
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Do woodchucks have more in common with squirrels or mice?
squirrels.
Do wood chucks have more in common with squirrels or mice?
Woodchucks are considerably larger than both squirrels and mice. Woodchucks live in holes in the ground, mice in nests at various levels and squirrels in trees. Woodchucks, like squirrels, limit their activity in the winter.
Do wood chucks have more characteristics in common with squirrels or mice?
The woodchuck has more characteristics in common with squirrels because they are from the same family
Woodchucks are classified in the same family as squirrels but in a different family than mice do woodchucks have more characteristics in common with squirrels or mice?
yes and i kno its right because i got it out of a sixth grade science book
Do beavers have more characteristics in common with squirrels or with mice?
squirrels
Squirrels are classified in the same family as mice and the same phylum as weasels Do squirrels have more in common with mice or with weasels Why?
Squirrels have more in common with mice because they eat just about the same things a mouse does.
Do woodchucks have characteristics like squirrel or mice?
A woodchuck has more characteristics like a squirrel because they are in the same family.
What is the main diet of a hawk?
mice, and other small rodents.Rabbits and squirrels for the more skilled hunter.
What is the difference between a muskrat and mouse?
In terms of recognizing these animals by sight, woodchucks dwell primarily on land and have small stubby tails, whereas muskrats, which are smaller than woodchucks, have long, rat-like tails and spend most of their time in the water.
What are some kinds of rodents?
Mouse Hamster Vole Guinea Pig Rat Capybara Squirrel Jirds Shrew Degu Mole Jerboa Beaver Groundhog Muskrat Chipmunk Prairie Dog Porcupine Gerbil Chinchilla Here only a few of them are listed. The Order Rodentia comprises of more than 2,000 species which are subdivided into three distinct types and thirty families. Capromyidae, Castoridae, Crictidae, Erethizontidae, Muridae, Sciuridae and Zapodidae are some of the most common families. Muridae is the largest, containing nearly two-thirds of all rodent species. Eg: sand rats, gerbils, crested rats, old world rats and mice. Cricetidae is the second largest, and has approximately 600 species. Eg: mouse-like hamsters such as gerbils, crested rats, white-tailed rats and door mice. Sciruridae family has fewer than 100 species. But the species belonging to this family are some of the most commonly recognized rodents. Eg: Squirrels, flying squirrels, chipmunks, marmots and woodchucks.
Why are grey squirrels becoming more common?
because they are immune to a virus that kills red squirrels and better at finding food - so more grey squirrels survive.
Are squirrels enadangered?
well grey squirrels are becoming slowly more common but red squirrels are slowly entering the endangered list because they are dying from diseases they catch from grey squirrels
