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Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description
The stripes on the side and back end at the reddish rump.
Size
Head and body: 5″ to 6″
Tail: 3″ to 4″
Sign
Similar Species
Least Chipmunk (Neotamias minimus) is a smaller animal. The middle stripe on the back continues to the base of the tail. The rump is grayish-brown, not reddish-brown. In Minnesota it is found in the Arrowhead and north-central regions only.
Habitat
Deciduous forest edges, brushy areas
Ecology
Behavior
Lifespan
2 to 8 years
Life Cycle
Food
Nuts, acorns, seeds, mushrooms, fruits, berries, corn, insects, bird eggs.
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Sources Biodiversity occurrence data published by: Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (accessed through the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu, 12/5/2025). Timm, R. M. 1975. Distribution, natural history, and parasites of mammals of Cook County, Minnesota. Occasional Papers, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota 14:1–56. Hazard, Evan B. 1982. The Mammals of Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 280 pp. The counties in light green lack modern records but have historic county or township specimens or records. |
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Taxonomy
Class
Subclass
Theria
Infraclass
Placentalia (Placental Mammals)
Magnorder
Boreoeutheria
Superorder
Euarchontoglires (Primates, Rodents, and Allies)
Order
Rodentia (Rodents)
Suborder
Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, Dormice, and Mountain Beavers)
Family
Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Subfamily
Xerinae (Ground and African Tree Squirrels)
Tribe
Tamiini (Chipmunks)
Genus
Tamias (Eastern Chipmunks)
Genus
The genus Tamias contains three extinct species and just a single extant (living) species, Tamias striatus.
Subordinate Taxa
Door Chipmunk (Tamias striatus doorsiensis)
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus pipilans)
Fisher’s Eastern Chipmunk, Fisher Chipmunk (Tamias striatus fisheri)
Gray Chipmunk (Tamias striatus griseus) 
Northern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus lysteri)
Ohio Brown Chipmunk (Tamias striatus ohioensis)
Ohio Red Chipmunk (Tamias striatus rufescens)
Peninsula Chipmunk (Tamias striatus peninsulae)
Quebec Chipmunk (Tamias striatus quebecensis)
Southeastern Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus striatus)
Southwestern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus venustus)
Synonyms
Sciurus striatus
Common Names
Eastern Chipmunk
