Baby Groundhogs Spotted In Washington Heights Park: See It

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — It is an overload of fluffy cuteness. A group of baby groundhogs was spotted in a Washington Heights park over Memorial Day Weekend.

Also known as woodchucks or whistle pigs — the groundhogs were seen by David Chase near Dongan Lawn in Fort Tryon Park.

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Chase posted the photo to an Upper Manhattan Facebook group, which received two dozen warm replies in the last 48 hours.

"I love our lil urban marmots!" one person commented. "I love seeing them," another person replied.

Groundhogs are not particularly common in New York City, but a New York Times article from 2013 does single out Fort Tryon Park as the best place to see the fluffy animal.

"You’re almost guaranteed to see groundhogs,” a New York City parks ranger told the New York Times about Fort Tryon Park at the time.

It's clear that the groundhogs are still common uptown as multiple commented that they had seen the fluffy animals recently in the park.

Here are some fun facts about groundhogs to give you a better idea about the animal, according to Live Science.

• Groundhogs are generally 17.75 to 24 inches long and weigh around 13 pounds.
• Groundhogs hibernate in the winter.
• Groundhogs are the largest of the squirrel family.
• The name whistle pigs come from the high-pitch noise the animal makes to scare predators away or warn the colony of nearby danger.
• Groundhogs are not particularly accurate in predicting forecasts, the famed Punxsutawney Phil has been correct on his six-week prognostications just 39 percent of the time, according to data from Stormfax Almanac.