Forget Punxsutawney Phil, the District is relying on its own groundhog from now on — the famous Pennsylvanian’s brother, Potomac Phil.

Or perhaps “Taxidermy Phil” is more apt. At the city’s first Groundhog Day celebration Thursday morning, the supposed Potomac woodchuck stood strangely still. Turns out, it’s tough to find the wild animal not hibernating this time of year, so organizers of the event substituted a stuffed version for the real thing.

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