Stats

Lifespan

3-7 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate rainforest

Range

North America

Movement

Climbing

Breeding

Live birth

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

Townsend's chipmunk is a large, dark-furred chipmunk of Pacific Northwest forests, distinguished by its bold black-and-gray stripes and a raspy, sneeze-like alarm call it gives from tree branches to warn others of predators.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn pup

   A blind, hairless pup nurses in the nest and is unable to regulate its own warmth.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A weaned juvenile is fully furred, leaves the nest, and begins foraging on solid food.
3. 3.
   adult

   Fully grown and self-sufficient.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Neotamias

Species

Neotamias townsendii