Least Chipmunk
Relatives in same Genus
Alpine Chipmunk (T. alpinus)
Yellow-pine Chipmunk (T. amoenus)
Cliff Chipmunk (T. dorsalis)
Colorado Chipmunk (T. quadrivittatus)
Hopi Chipmunk (T. rufus)
Eastern Chipmunk (T. striatus) ...
The Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) is very common and widespread across much of the western and north-central United States and most of Canada. It is a familiar visitor to campsites and parks where many become quite tame.
Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus)
No photo of the Least Chipmunk available.
Least Chipmunks, can often be best detected by their voice, often a monotonous bird-like "wop-wop" or "chip-chip". It also utters a trilling alarm note as it rushes to hide from it has many predators, such as the forest hawks and carnivores.
Least chipmunks are the smallest of all chipmunks. They have black and white stripes down their backs and average only 190 mm and 50 g. They build complex burrows for the winter with several rooms, and have secret exits for quick getaways.
Least Chipmunk
(Tamias minimus)
Chipmunks are small striped squirrels native to North America and Asia. Note the stripes on the head, back and tail. They are usually classed either as a single genus Tamias, or as three.
Ground Squirrel ...
Least Chipmunk
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tamias minimus ssp. scrutator (upper left) and T. minimus ssp. silvaticus (lower right)
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They range in size from the least chipmunk, which, at 7.2 to 8.5 inches (18.5 to 21.6 centimeters) and 1.1 to 1.
native to North America there is the Eastern chipmunk, Cliff chipmunk, Least chipmunk, and the Yellow-pine chipmunk. All members have four toes on front feet 5 on hind feet , their eyes are set high on their heads .
The eastern (gray) chipmunk lives where oak trees abound-- which includes most of Minnesota, except for the southwest. The least chipmunk is found in coniferous forests of northern Minnesota.
 See also: Chipmunk, Burro, Yellow-bellied, Weasel, Squirrel
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