Marmota monax
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Marmota monax is a North American rodent species commonly known as the groundhog or woodchuck, noted for its burrowing habits and cultural association with Groundhog Day.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marmota | 1 |
| Marmota monax canonical | 1 |
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rodent
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Groundhog Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| averageBodyLength | 40–65 cm ⓘ |
| averageTailLength | 10–18 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeight | 2–6 kg ⓘ |
| behavior |
burrowing
ⓘ
hibernation ⓘ |
| binomialName | Marmota monax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burrowDepth | up to about 1.5 m ⓘ |
| burrowLength | up to about 14 m ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
brown
ⓘ
grizzled gray-brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
groundhog
ⓘ
whistle-pig ⓘ woodchuck ⓘ |
| culturalRole | weather folklore animal ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
alfalfa
ⓘ
clover ⓘ garden crops ⓘ grasses ⓘ herbivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey species for medium-sized carnivores
ⓘ
soil aeration through burrowing ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Marmota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 31–32 days ⓘ |
| habitat |
fields
ⓘ
open country ⓘ pastures ⓘ suburban areas ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanCaptivity | up to about 10 years ⓘ |
| lifespanWild | about 3–6 years ⓘ |
| lifestyle | fossorial ⓘ |
| litterSize | 2–6 young ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ central United States ⓘ eastern United States ⓘ much of Canada ⓘ parts of the southern United States ⓘ |
| notableIndividual | Punxsutawney Phil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| overwintersAs | true hibernator ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| predator |
bobcat
ⓘ
coyote ⓘ domestic dog ⓘ fox ⓘ large raptor ⓘ |
| reproduction | breeds once per year ⓘ |
| socialStructure | generally solitary ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Marmota monax Description of subject: Marmota monax is a North American rodent species commonly known as the groundhog or woodchuck, noted for its burrowing habits and cultural association with Groundhog Day.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Marmota