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Woodchuck (Wuchak) comes from the Cree Indians. This term is used to identify several different animals of similar size and color including other marmots. The Groundhog is referred to as a Woodchuck.

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Joseph Swastin once saw small rodent like animal throwing wood into a small pile. He later named it a woodchuck because of this.

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The name wuchak, which sounds very much like woodchuck, was what Algonquin Indians called the ground hog before European colonists arrived in North America.

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