how old is the groundhog punxsutawney phil

Punxsutawney Phil is said to be about 140 years old in 2026 as part of the Groundhog Day tradition, but no single groundhog is actually that old. In reality, groundhogs typically live somewhere around 3 to 15 years at most, so the “140-year-old” Phil is really a continuous title passed from one real animal to the next, while the legend keeps the same name and age going.