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Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

The Eastern Chipmunk is a small, striped animal that loves to scurry around looking for food. They have big cheeks to store their snacks and are often seen in gardens and parks.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Eastern Chipmunk is a small, striped rodent with reddish-brown fur, a pale belly, and distinctive dark and light stripes running down its back. It has two white stripes and a dark stripe on each side of its face. Its bushy tail is shorter than its body.

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Eastern Chipmunk
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Eastern Chipmunk

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A chipmunk's heart can beat over 350 times a minute when it's excited or scared!

Baby chipmunks are born blind and hairless, completely dependent on their mother for weeks!

Chipmunks collect hundreds of nuts each year for winter, but often forget where they buried them!

They build separate 'bathroom' tunnels in their burrows to keep their living areas clean!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Food Stasher

Eastern Chipmunks have expandable cheek pouches that help them carry large amounts of food back to their burrows to store.

Fähigkeit

Burrow Architect

Eastern Chipmunks can dig intricate underground burrows with multiple tunnels and chambers to store food and sleep safely.

Fähigkeit

Winter Napper

Eastern Chipmunks can enter a state of torpor (light hibernation) in winter, waking frequently to snack on stored food.

Maße und Details

Länge
18-26 cm
Gewicht
0.05-0.12 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-3 Jahre
Top Speed
25 km/h
Wurfgröße
2-8
Tragzeit
31-35 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

A tiny omnivore, they feast on seeds, nuts, fruits, and insects, storing food for later.

Hauptnahrung

  • Seeds
  • Nuts
  • Berries
  • Fungi
  • Insects

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

A common aerial predator in their habitat.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

A swift ground predator hunting them in forests.

depends on

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Relies on acorns from oak trees for a major food source.

depends on

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

Feeds on the nutritious nuts produced by beech trees.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Watch from a distance and don't try to touch or catch chipmunks, as they can be scared easily.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Eastern Chipmunk?

18-26 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Eastern Chipmunk?

0.05-0.12 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Eastern Chipmunk?

2-3 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Eastern Chipmunk?

25 km/h

Was frisst Eastern Chipmunk?

A tiny omnivore, they feast on seeds, nuts, fruits, and insects, storing food for later.

Wo findet man Eastern Chipmunk normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Eastern Chipmunk?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das wurfgröße von Eastern Chipmunk?

2-8

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