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The red-tailed chipmunk feeds mainly on seeds and berries and sometimes carries these in its cheek pouches. [4] Frequently eaten foods include the seeds of fir and pine, honeysuckle berries, cranberries, whortleberries, huckleberries, the seeds of locust trees and of snow brush, buckbrush, thistle, willow herb, grasses and many others types of seed.
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.
Chipmunks are classified as four 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; Nototamias, which consists of three extinct species, and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western North American, species.
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 ...
Neotamias quadrivittatus - Colorado chipmunk; Neotamias ruficaudus - red-tailed chipmunk; Neotamias rufus - Hopi chipmunk; Neotamias senex - Allen's chipmunk; Neotamias siskiyou - Siskiyou chipmunk; Neotamias sonomae - Sonoma chipmunk; Neotamias speciosus - lodgepole chipmunk; Neotamias townsendii - Townsend's chipmunk; Neotamias umbrinus ...
Long-eared chipmunk, Neotamias quadrimaculatus [n 4] LC; Colorado chipmunk, Neotamias quadrivittatus [n 4] LC; Red-tailed chipmunk, Neotamias ruficaudus [n 4] LC; Hopi chipmunk, Neotamias rufus [n 1] LC; Allen's chipmunk, Neotamias senex [n 1] LC; Siskiyou chipmunk, Neotamias siskiyou [n 1] LC; Sonoma chipmunk, Neotamias sonomae [n 4] LC
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]
Eutamias is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. It includes a single living species, the Siberian chipmunk ( Eutamias sibiricus ). The genus is often treated as a subgenus of Tamias , which is now restricted to the eastern chipmunk of North America. [ 1 ]