Simply put the line between a felony charge and a misdemeanor charge (both in Illinois and nationally) is that with a felony charge you are sentenced to more than one year in jail and a misdemeanor carries a maximum jail sentence of 364 days.
Kittypet Edit. He was born a kittypet, named Rusty. One day, he went outside and met his friend, Smudge, who told him about the wild forest cats in the nearby forest, and how scary it was. Despite Smudge 's warning, Rusty went out into the forest anyway, and was ambushed by Graypaw, a forest cat.
The common American species ({Marmota monax}) is the {woodchuck} (also called {groundhog}), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus {Spermophilus}; also, the prairie dog.