(Groundhog) "Zazu!"
(Zazu) "Yes!?"
(Groundhog) "Sir! News from the underground......"
Yes. That was the groundhog. An extremely brief part, I agree. But we didn't want anyone to feel left out. Especially not one of Zazu's loyal informers.
Rumor has it that they wanted it to be a naked mole-rat, but it just didn't look right.