To which biological family does the groundhog belong: Leporidae, Sciuridae, Muridae or Heteromyidae?

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The groundhog, scientifically named *Marmota monax* and often called the woodchuck, is a rodent in the squirrel family, part of the larger group of ground squirrels known as marmots.

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