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."

2024年6月7日 · The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) thrives in a variety of habitats across eastern North America. Gilles Gonthier/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0

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, as in the case of eastern chipmunks and mountain bluebirds (Siala currucoides).

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.

Eastern chipmunks are widely distributed throughout the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. Their range extends from Nova Scotia, east to Saskatchewan and south to Oklahoma, where they occupy the eastern part of the state.

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2018年5月6日 · The Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is a small, striped rodent found in mature hardwood and mixed wood forests in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.

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]).