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A woodchuck has more characteristics like a squirrel because they are in the same family.

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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


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.


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


Are woodchucks more related to mice or squrrils?

Woodchucks, also known as groundhogs, are more closely related to squirrels than to mice. Both woodchucks and squirrels belong to the family Sciuridae, which includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, and chipmunks. In contrast, mice belong to the family Muridae, making them more distantly related. Thus, woodchucks share a closer evolutionary lineage with squirrels.


Do woodchucks have more in common with squirrels or mice?

squirrels.


Is a squirrel a bird?

No. A squirrel is a mammal, and a rodent like rabbits and mice. There is a type of squirrel called the flying squirrel, but it glides rather than flies.


What eats squirrel and mice?

Owls and large predators.


Do squirrels eat mice?

Yes. I saw it happen today. Also, contrary to popular belief, owls don't really like mice that much.


What rodents eat?

The term rodent includes various animals, such as squirrels, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, woodchucks, beavers, and mice. Because there are so many different species, rodents can have different diets. Some like squirrel can eat nuts, others like beavers eat plant matter. Rats that live in the wild will eat all different types of foods, including seeds, insects, leaves, and stems.


Does a squirrel eats slug?

They are mainly herbavores but they are also opportunists and have been known to eat bird eggs or nesting birds, so it is possible. Yes they do eat mice, especially in the spring when their natural food source is scarce. Matter of fact, I watched one Grey Squirrel kill and eat several mice that had made a nest inside my grill. I opened the lid and about 20 minutes later, the squirrel was attacking the mice.


What do minx eat?

Mynx eat spiders, mice, rabbits, flies, deer, goats, otters, skunks, dogs, cats, beavers, woodchucks and birds.


Are woodchucks more in common with mice or squirrels?

Yes, it is in the rodent family. It's close cousin is the rabbit.