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Can someone help me. I still do not know what a woodchuck is? Never seen one on National Geographic or any animal show for that matter. I see a furry creature run in front of my car when I am driving down the alley behind my house and I wonder is that really a squirrel or might it be a woodchuck? "I don't know because I don't know if in fact a woodchuck looks like a squirrel." HELP? -PB