Yellow-pine chipmunk

yellow-pine chipmunk Tamias amoenus

Order Rodentia Rodents

• Animals with 2 upper & 2 lower incisors and no canines
• Of all mammals, has the most number of worldwide species

Family Sciuridae Squirrel Family (tail always completely haired)

Subfamily Sciurinae  Marmots, ground squirrels, chipmunks, & tree squirrels

• Tail usually bushy
• 4 toes on front feet, 5 toes on hind feet
• Internal cheek pouches in ground squirrels & chipmunks)

Description:

• Strongly marked facial stripes
• Dark-tipped tail; tail 73-85% of head & body length
• White, buffy-tinged belly
• Ears indistinctly bicolored
• Brightly colored with contrasting light & dark stripes on back and upper sides.
• Day-active
• Hibernators
• Have internal cheek pouches to carry food.
• Cache food underground to eat when occasionally awake & in early spring
• Eat seeds & fruit
• Often associated with Cascades golden-mantled ground squirrel
• Open montane forests