While many animals in the Chicago region spend the winter months in varying states of torpor, there are only three true hibernators here: the groundhog (also known as the woodchuck), thirteen-lined ground squirrel and Franklin’s ground squirrel.
Did You Know? We Have Three True Hibernators
![groundhog in grass](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/groundhog-flickr-tom-murray-may19.jpg)