"Andy Walker" <> wrote in message news:
> Russg wrote:
>
> >I didn't know the
> >difference between gophers and groundhogs.
> >Both are under ground living pests in people's yards.
>
> Not really. A groundhog spends most of its time above ground
> foraging. Gophers live mostly underground, but do come up for a bit
> of fresh air from time to time.
Peterson Field Guide to Mammals:
Gophers have a bare, ratlike, tail. Are smaller than
Ground Hogs. There are no gophers where I live.
Gophers are out west, some in Georgia to Florida.
There are ground hogs in Ohio, but no gophers.
Woodchucks have a bushy tail, not as big and bushy as a squirel.