Yellow-pine Chipmunk
Neotamias amoenus
Mammalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 2-5 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate conifer forest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live birth
- Defense
- Burrowing
- Status
- Uncommon
About
A small, boldly striped chipmunk of dry pine and sagebrush country in the western US, named for its habit of foraging in yellow (ponderosa) pine forests. It carries seeds in expandable cheek pouches and caches them in scattered underground stores for winter.
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 amoenus