Chipmunk

Description:

Chipmunks are unmistakable with their alternating dark and light strips (nine on the least, seven on the eastern), overlaid on rusty and gray body colors. Size: Chipmunks are quite small. The least is about eight inches long and weighs one or two ounces. The eastern is ten inches long and three to four ounces.

Habitat:

The eastern (gray) chipmunk lives where oak trees abound-- which includes most of Minnesota, except for the southwest. The least chipmunk is found in coniferous forests of northern Minnesota. Both have facial stripes, not found on any other mammals.

Notes:

Chipmunks love tomato juice -- when tomatoes ripen, chipmunks will eat holes in the bottoms to