WOODCHUCK, Marmota monax 



(Sigrikpuk) 



Range. — Eastern interior Alaska and most of 

 United States and Canada south of limit of trees. 



Habitat. — Open woodlands and thickets and 

 near fields and clearings, in dry soil ; very spotty 

 distribution at margins of range. 



Race in Alaska. — The woodchuck of Alaska is 

 the subspecies oclvracea (type locality: Forty-mile 

 Creek). 



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