Cliff Chipmunk
Neotamias dorsalis
Mammalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-8 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Pinyon-juniper woodland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live birth
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The Cliff Chipmunk is a pale, faintly-striped chipmunk of dry, rocky canyons and pinyon-juniper woodlands in the American Southwest. Unlike most chipmunks, it is a surprisingly agile climber, often scaling junipers and cliff faces to forage.
Life cycle
- 1.newborn pupA blind, hairless pup nurses in the nest and is unable to regulate its own warmth.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile is fully furred, leaves the nest, and begins foraging on solid food.
- 3.adultFully grown and self-sufficient.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Neotamias
- Species
- Neotamias dorsalis