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Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias Striatus

Description:

Eastern Chipmunk. Found in eastern North America. Has light stripes above and below its eyes and it has pouched cheeks made of stretchy skin so the chipmunk can stuff them with food. They have four toes on the front feet and five toes on the back feet. Eastern chipmunks are at home in forests where there are plenty of hiding spots--under rocks or fallen trees. They eat fruit, seeds and mushrooms, sometimes bird eggs and earthworms. Each chipmunk builds a burrow where it may live up to several years. Female and male same.

Habitat:

This little eastern chipmunk came out from under his rock to pose for this picture at Endless Caverns Campground in New Market, Virginia.

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1 Comment

mary.gallo.m
mary.gallo.m 9 years ago

Thank you acreamoth99 for nice comment.

mary.gallo.m
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mary.gallo.m

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Sep 26, 2014
Submitted on Sep 26, 2014

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