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Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
American Red SquirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least ChipmunkNeotamias minimus
Eastern Gray SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Siberian ChipmunkEutamias sibiricus
Townsend's ChipmunkNeotamias townsendii
Common Golden-mantled Ground SquirrelCallospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined Ground SquirrelIctidomys tridecemlineatus
Eastern Fox SquirrelSciurus niger
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 73,328 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 28,268 |
| Ontario | 21,698 |
| New York | 8,131 |
| Massachusetts | 6,899 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,961 |
| Ohio | 5,442 |
| Michigan | 5,091 |
| Illinois | 4,590 |
| Quebec | 4,370 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Mammals · Mammalia |
| Order | Rodents · Rodentia |
| Family | Squirrels · Sciuridae |
| Genus | Eastern Chipmunks · Tamias |
Study it in a deck
- Local Wildlife of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
- Mammals of British Columbia, Canada
- Mammals of MD
- Mammals of Texas, United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Eastern Chipmunk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.