Chipmunks Fossil range: Early Miocene to Recent
Tamias rufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Tribe: Marmotini Genus: Tamias Illiger, 1811
Species
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Chipmunk is the common name for any small squirrel-like rodent species of the genus Tamias in the family Sciuridae. Around 25 species fall under this name, mainly in North America, although one species is native to Eurasia. This article is about the animal. ... Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. ... Genera Many: see text. ... North American redirects here. ... For other uses, see Eurasia (disambiguation). ...

Etymology and taxonomy

Tamias is Latin for "storer," a reference to the animals' habit of collecting and storing food for winter use.^[1] Twenty-five species belong to this family,^[2] with one species in northeastern Asia, one in eastern North America, and the rest native to western North America. For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... North American redirects here. ...

The name originally may have been spelled "chitmunk" (from the Odawa word jidmoonh, meaning "red squirrel"; c.f. Ojibwe, ajidamoo). However, the earliest form cited in the Oxford English Dictionary (from 1842) is "chipmonk". Other early forms include "chipmuck" and "chipminck", and in the 1830s they were also referred to as "chip squirrels," possibly in reference to the sound they make. They are also called "striped squirrels" or "ground squirrels," though the name "ground squirrel" more often refers to the genus Spermophilus. Tamias and Spermophilus are only two of the 13 genera of ground-living sciurids. The Anishinaabe language or the Ojibwe group of languages or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ... The Anishinaabe language or the Ojibwe group of languages or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ... Species about 38: see text. ... For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). ... Genera Many: see text. ...

Ecology and life history

Eastern chipmunks mate in early spring and again in early summer, producing litters of four or five young twice each year. Western chipmunks only breed once a year. The young emerge from the burrow after about six weeks and strike out on their own within the next two weeks.

A chipmunk in relation to a human hand

Though they are commonly depicted with their paws up to the mouth, eating peanuts, or more famously their cheeks bulging out on either side, chipmunks eat a variety of foods. Their omnivorous diet consists of grain, nuts, birds' eggs, fungi, worms, and insects. At the beginning of autumn, many species of chipmunk begin to stockpile these goods in their burrows, for winter. Other species make multiple small caches of food. These two kinds of behavior are called larder hoarding and scatter hoarding. Larder hoarders usually live in their nests until spring. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 793 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1438 × 1088 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 793 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1438 × 1088 pixel, file size: 1. ... Pigs are omnivores. ... For other uses, see Winter (disambiguation). ... A scatter-hoarder is an animal that, in time of surplus, will store its food within a cache for times when food is less plentiful. ... For other uses, see Spring. ...

Chipmunk photographed in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

These small squirrels fulfill several important functions in forest ecosystems. Their activities harvesting and hoarding tree seeds play a crucial role in seedling establishment. They consume many different kinds of fungi, including those involved in symbiotic mycorrhizal associations with trees, and are an important vector for dispersal of the spores of subterranean sporocarps (truffles) which have co-evolved with these and other mycophagous mammals and thus lost the ability to disperse their spores through the air. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (517x775, 319 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chipmunk ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (517x775, 319 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chipmunk ... The Deschutes National Forest is a United States National Forest located in Deschutes County, Oregon. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about a community of trees. ... For other uses, see Ecological Systems Theory. ... Sunflower seedlings, just three days after germination In a botanical sense, germination is the process of emergence of growth from a resting stage. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... A mycorrhiza (typically seen in the plural forms mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas, Greek for fungus roots) is the result of a mutualistic association between a fungus and a plant. ... Basidiocarps of Amanita muscaria. ...

Chipmunks play an important role as prey for various predatory mammals and birds, but are also opportunistic predators themselves, particularly with regard to bird eggs and nestlings. In Oregon, Mountain Bluebirds (Siala currucoides) have been observed energetically mobbing chipmunks that they see near their nest trees. Nestling – A bird that is either too young and frail to leave the nest or is still dependent on its parents. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Binomial name Sialia currucoides (Bechstein, 1798) The Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides, is a medium-sized thrush. ...

Chipmunks construct expansive burrows which can be more than 3.5 m in length with several well-concealed entrances. The sleeping quarters are kept extremely clean as shells and feces are stored in refuse tunnels. A burrow is a hole or tunnel dug into the ground by an animal to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of locomotion. ...

If unmolested they often become bold enough to take food from the hands of humans. The temptation to pick up or pet any wild animal should be strictly avoided, however. While rabies is exceptionally rare (if not non-existent) in rodents, chipmunk bites can transmit virulent and dangerous bacterial infections. For other uses, see Bite (disambiguation). ...

Species

Binomial name Merriam, 1893 The Alpine Chipmunk, or Tamias alpinus, is a species of chipmunk native to the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada of California[2]. They have been observed at altitudes from around [3] to [4], though they rarely occur below [5]. // They have a brown forehead with... Binomial name J.A. Allen, 1890 The Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name J.A. Allen, 1889 The Bullers Chipmunk (Tamias bulleri) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name (V. Bailey, 1902) The Gray-footed Chipmunk (Tamias canipes) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name J.A. Allen, 1890 The Gray-collared Chipmunk (Tamias cinereicollis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name Tamias dorsalis Baird, 1855 The Cliff Chipmunk is a small, bushy-tailed animal that lives among the lower and upper cliff dwellings, particularly in the Western United States. ... Binomial name (J.A. Allen, 1903) The Durango Chipmunk (Tamias durangae) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name J.A. Allen, 1889 The Merriams Chipmunk (Tamias merriami) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name Tamias minimus (Bachman, 1839) The Least Chipmunk, Tamias minimus, is a small squirrel-like rodent, the smallest North American member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. ... Binomial name J.A. Allen, 1890 The California Chipmunk (Tamias obscurus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name (Merriam, 1897) The Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk (Tamias ochrogenys) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name (Merriam, 1897) The Palmers Chipmunk (Tamias palmeri) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name Merriam, 1893 The Panamint Chipmunk (Tamias panamintinus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name Gray, 1867 The Long-eared Chipmunk (Tamias quadrimaculatus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name (Say, 1823) The Colorado Chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name (A.H. Howell, 1920) The Red-tailed Chipmunk (Tamias ruficaudus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name Tamias rufus (Hoffmeister and Ellis, 1979) The Hopi chipmunk (Tamias rufus or Neotamias rufus) is a small chipmunk found in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. ... Binomial name J. A. Allen, 1890 Subspecies T. s. ... Binomial name Laxmann, 1769 The Siberian Chipmunk is a member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. ... Binomial name (A.H. Howell, 1922) The Siskiyou Chipmunk (Tamias siskiyou) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name (Grinnell, 1915) The Sonoma Chipmunk (Tamias sonomae) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name Merriam, 1890 The Lodgepole Chipmunk (Tamias speciosus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is a small squirrel-like rodent found in eastern North America, a member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. ... Binomial name Bachman, 1839 The Townsends Chipmunk (Tamias townsendii) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ... Binomial name J.A. Allen, 1890 The Uinta Chipmunk (Tamias umbrinus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. ...

References

• Nichols, John D. and Earl Nyholm (1995). A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

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