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Tamias (genus)


Identification code: 300310577



Alternative term/s

  • chip-muck
  • chipmunk
  • chipmunks

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Scope note:

Members of a genus containing around 25 species of small, burrowing ground squirrels native to North America and Eurasia. Chipmunks are pygmy squirrels that have adapted to exploiting the resources of rocky terrain and forest understories; they scamper along the ground but are also expert climbers.

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