Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus
Summary 6
The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is a chipmunk species found in eastern North America. It is the only living member of the chipmunk subgenus Tamias, sometimes recognised as a separate genus. The name "chipmunk" comes from the Ottawa word ajidamoonh or the Ojibwe word ajidamoo, which translates literally as "one who descends trees headlong."
Description 7
Eastern Chipmunks are small rodents with large cheek pouches on the sides of their mouths. Their coats are colored with a range of gray to red-brown, also with a yellow to red spot on their bottoms and a white underbelly. The best distinguishing feature of the Eastern chipmunk is their dark long stripes found on their sides and back, with a thin white stripe between them. These chipmunks are found all throughout Southeastern Canada and the Eastern US all the way west to Oklahoma. They are typically found in open deciduous forests, particularly mature beech-maple forests, where there is sufficient cover for them to hide.
Kroll, M. (2013). Tamias striatus. Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved from https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Tamias_striatus/
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