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Definition of Arctomys monax

Arctomys monax
Woodchuck Wood"chuck`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Arctomys monax from wikipedia

- The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known...
- Latin alias Arctomys monax. The genus name signified "bear-rat". The European marmot is of the same genus and was formerly called Arctomys alpinus. It...
- species in 2016. John Richardson, who originally described the species as Arctomys (Spermophilus) beecheyi, or "Beechey's marmot", named it after Frederick...
- Least Concern because of its wide range and possibly large po****tion. Arctomys Himalay**** was the scientific name proposed by Brian Houghton Hodgson...
- he named as Spermophilus columbi****, rejecting the genus designation Arctomys and reapplying the species designation originally applied by Ord in 1815...
- prairie dog has been reckoned by some naturalists a species of the marmot (arctomys ludoviciana); yet it seems to possess scarce any other quality in common...
-  undulatus Binomial name Urocitellus undulatus (Pallas, 1778) Synonyms Arctomys altaicus Citellus eversmanni Citellus undulatus Spermophilus undulatus...
- marmot in 1898, as Arctomys olympus, from a specimen he and Vernon Orlando Bailey collected on the Sol Duc River. The genus, Arctomys, is from the Gr****...
- 328005 Fossilworks: 51694 GBIF: 2437307 IRMNG: 10199550 ITIS: 180153 MSW: 12401024 uBio: 113345 Arctomys franklinii Wikidata: Q64164641 GBIF: 9597216...