The eastern chipmunk lives in deciduous wooded areas and urban parks throughout the eastern United States and southern Canada. It prefers locations with rocky areas, brush or log piles, and shrubs to provide cover.

The Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is a small stripped rodent found in North America. The name "chipmunk" comes from the Ojibwe word ajidamoo (or possibly ajidamoonh, the same word in the Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe), which translates literally as "one who descends trees headlong."

East­ern chip­munks are small ro­dents with gray­ish to red­dish brown fur and a dis­tin­guish­ing yel­low­ish to red­dish patch on their rumps. Their pelage color and pat­tern varies by ge­og­ra­phy. Their un­der­parts are white. Their sides and back have five dark stripes; the longest stripe oc­curs along their mid­line.

The Eastern chipmunk is a small rodent in the Family Sciuridae that can reach a body length of 12 inches (29.9 centimeters). Eastern chipmunks have white and black stripes running down the back side of their body.

2024年5月27日 · Eastern chipmunks are adorable little rodents with reddish-brown fur and five dark brown stripes. The identification of the eastern chipmunk is so easy that it’s tempting to think that everyone knows what it looks like.

Meet the Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) on The Animal Facts including their appearance, diet, habitat, lifespan, breeding and behavior.

The super cute Eastern Chipmunks are small members belonging to the family of squirrels. These rodents are native majorly to the regions of eastern North America and southeastern Canada.

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The eastern chipmunk is concentrated on the eastern half of North American not far past the Mississippi River. Their range extends over the entire state of Wisconsin. Fossil records indicate that at one time they were abundant across the entire continent.

The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), common to the deciduous forests of eastern North America, is the largest. Weighing 70–142 grams (2.5–5 ounces), it has a body 14–19 cm (5.5–7.5 inches) long and a shorter tail (8–11 cm [3.1–4.3 inches]).