Whistlepigs

What do they call them in your area?

Most people around here call them ground hogs. I call them, money!

Woodchucks or ground hogs. I once had somebody call them a gopher.

Had I guy in the city tell me when I was setting raccoon traps on the neighbors property that the "moles" were going to get in them and set them off.

After a few questions about these "moles". Yep groundhogs/wood chucks

Most here in Connecticut call them PROBLEMS. LOL.
Woodchucks here

Beaver, woodchucks, groundhogs, %$&@ things

"Out of Towners"

them brown things with a black tail and a red nose

We call them whistle pigs.

dead once I find them

I too, call them money in the bank, but I've had clients call them beaver. ;0<

Call them lost

Yep, we can shoot them year round and they fill in the gap between turkey season and deer season nicely.

Have to agree with Carl, call them $. When the phone rings the cash register rings at the same time, woodchucks, groundhogs. A great money maker without much effort most of the time. Had one today which is by far the earliest ever. Strange weather, 67 yesterday, will be near 0 in a couple of nights so they won't be back for a while.

Very unusual year for them here also. We have already taken two on Skunk jobs. They either call them Groundhogs-woodchucks- or sometimes gophers. I have had people tell me they are moles, and even Beaver living under their shed. After doing this for a while, nothing surprises you.

Seen first one today

I'll buy any ground hog skulls for $1 a piece if anyone is saving them

Ground hogs, Woodchuck, and every now and then Rockchucks

Been seeing Marmots for a few weeks now.

Bigbob you have marmots in Mo. ?

OH YEAH! There everywhere.

You jest right.

Not a bit, they range east to the middle of Kansas, south to mid Arkansas, and NE

I know kansas has some groundhogs as does arkansas trapped in those states and have seen them.

I believe that we are having a problem with semantics. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot- Marmots are large squirrels in the genus Marmota, of which there are 15 species.

Read the whole reference; not all 15 species are found in the United States. When I hear, or read the term “ground hog” or “woodchuck”, in my mind I picture Marmota monax. The term “marmot” suggests Marmota flaviventris while ““whistle pig” could refer to either.

Unless we refer to the Latin name for a critter we are sometimes left wondering what the poster is talking about. How many different animals are referred to as “gophers”. Even the taxonomists don’t always agree on animal classifications.

Now we have cell phones to compound the problem. I often have no idea of what the poster is trying to say. Don’t folks proofread what they have written before posting???

I wondered why you were so surprised, and I guess your right. Most folks don't distinguish one from another, and colorful local names prevail.