Was very difficult to separate the species of chipmunk. Using the literature that I had at the time, it I started working on this web page in 2001, I had unlabelled slides ofĬhipmunks in my files. It is not a chipmunk, but is in a genus ( Spermophilus)with many other ground-squirrels. Golden-mantled Ground-Squirrel has black-and-white body stripes, as doĬhipmunks, it lacks any stripes on the face. Throughout mountainous western North America. That colorful squirrel is widespread in wooded open country The first thing is to recognize that a chipmunk is different from the only squirrel that is similar, Golden-mantled Ground-Squirrel Genital bones - baubellum - are also distinctive.] Believe me, it is pretty hard to look for theīacula of chipmunks in the field! [. Preparing and preserving bacula" and a page of drawings comparing theīacula of chipmunks. Indeed, if you read Ingles (1965) seminalīook on Pacific coast mammals he has a whole appendix on "technique for Weird to me at the time, and it still sounds pretty strange today (and On all males, and tie it to the label on the specimen. Learned that one must look for and locate the bacula - the penis bone. When I was taught to skin chipmunks and squirrels I I had a job inĬollege skinning birds and mammals for the taxidermy collection at my It has a proportionately longer tail than other species, and carriesĪ birder, I put off learning chipmunks for a long time. The only other species foundĮast of the Rockies - in the north woods east to Ontario and Michigan -Īnd also widely in the Great Basin, is Least Chipmunk Has striking black-and-white side stripes but that they do not goĪcross the rump to the base of the tail. It inhabits forests, scrub, and suburban areas makes elaborateīurrows and hibernates in winter. Throughout most of eastern North America there is only one species: Eastern Chipmunk For the moment, the revised information appearsĪccurate to me, but it has not been reviewed by experts. Have fixed those, but it is possible that other information or photos These pages in August 2009, I found at least 4 misidentified photos. You must know whatĬhipmunk is in range to make an identification. Body color, voice,īehavior, and habitat all help to identify chipmunks, but range is most Stops, it sways its tail slowly (Reid 2006). It has a loud, fast alarm call a series is fast chips. Particularly like chaparral areas and scurries around on branches and ranges through the foothills of central and southern California. Including the one and only species in Asia, Siberian Chipmunk (below). Other chipmunks have crisper black-and-white striped patterns, It is a darkish chipmunk with a pattern ofīlackish and light gray stripes, and a dark tail without whitish. Where I live in MontereyĬo., California, the only species is Merriam's Chipmunk Most places there is only one species of chipmunk, so a starting pointįor anyone is to learn their local species. Except for one species in northeast Asia, they are found only in North America. Chipmunks are small striped squirrels in the genus Tamias.
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