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An eastern chipmunk placing food in its cheek pouch. Chipmunks have an omnivorous diet primarily consisting of seeds, nuts and other fruits, and buds. [9] [10] They also commonly eat grass, shoots, and many other forms of plant matter, as well as fungi, insects and other arthropods, small frogs, worms, and bird eggs.
Chipmunks (Tamias) have large cheek pouches that allow them to transport food. [18] These pouches can reach the size of their body when they are full. [7] [18] [19] Below is the introduction of the legume (pod) of peanut in the cheek pouch of a chipmunk:
During the winter, the chipmunk may enter long periods of hibernation. [22] Predators of the eastern chipmunk include hawks, owls, foxes, raccoons, snakes, weasels, coyotes, bobcats, lynx, domestic dogs and domestic cats. On average, eastern chipmunks live three or more years in the wild, but in captivity they may live as long as eight years. [16]
Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (/ s ɪ ˈ j uː r ɪ d eɪ,-d iː /), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels.
Even though the Siberian chipmunk normally grows to 50–150 g (1.8–5.3 oz). [3] [5] The Siberian chipmunk does not exhibit sexual dimorphism, and size and body proportions are the only way to distinguish younger chipmunks from older ones. [4] Its small size may contribute to its relatively short life from two to five years in the wild.
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Caged Tamias chipmunk, Tokyo area. The genus Tamias was formerly divided into three subgenera that, in sum, included all chipmunk species: Tamias, the eastern chipmunk and other fossil species; Eutamias, of which the Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus) is the only living member; and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Order of mammals Rodent Temporal range: Late Paleocene – recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Capybara Springhare Golden-mantled ground squirrel North American beaver House mouse Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Mirorder ...