WOODCHUCK  , the See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular name of the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American representative of the marmots (see See also:

• MARMOT

MARMOT), scientific-ally known as Arctomys monax . The typical See also:

• RACE

race of this See also:

• SPECIES

species ranges from New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York to See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia and westward to the Dakotas, but it is represented by a second and darker race in Labrador, and by a third in See also:

• CANADA

Canada; while several other North American species, have been named . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary woodchuck See also:

• MEASURES

measures about 18 in. in length, of which the tail forms a third . In See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour it is usually brownish See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black above, with the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose, See also:

• CHIN

chin, cheeks and See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat tending to whitish, and the under parts brownish See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut; while the feet and tail are black and blackish . Like other marmots it is a burrower .