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The California chipmunk or chaparral chipmunk (Neotamias obscurus) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is found in Baja California , Mexico , and in southern California in the United States .
The chaparral that Sonoma chipmunks inhabit is characterized by sagebrush plains. [2] Sonoma chipmunks are found in elevations from 0 to 1800 m. [3] These chipmunks typically live on the ground and make burrows in the ground, but they can climb and may make nests in trees. [2]
Long-eared chipmunks are diurnal. They forage on the ground for fungi, seeds, fruits, flowers, and insects, though in the fall they will climb conifer trees to eat seeds from the cones. The chipmunks hibernate in a den on the ground from November until March, and live in burrows or tree hollows the rest of the year.
Chipmunks may be classified either as a single genus, Tamias, or as three genera: Tamias, of which the eastern chipmunk (T. striatus) is the only living member; Eutamias, of which the Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus) is the only living member; and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western North American, species.
The Lodgepole chipmunk (Neotamias speciosus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is found in the U.S. state of California at elevations from 1,500 to 3,000 metres (4,900 to 9,800 ft). [1]
The yellow-cheeked chipmunk is endemic to the coast region of northern California, where it is present in a strip of land nowhere wider than 40 km (25 mi). The southern end of its range is a few kilometers north of Bodega Bay and Freestone in Sonoma County and the northern end is the Eel River in Humboldt County. It occurs at altitudes up to ...
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Neotamias is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America.