An Insight into the Life of Chipmunks

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Tamias can be found in woodland and in brushland they can also use cover such as urban parks, fence lines and hedges. They have large glossy eyes and characteristic bushy tails chipmunks have small but important ears which face forwards, small eyes set on the sides of their heads and a pointed mouth. When an eastern chipmunk eats nuts Beech tree, this is mutualism. Chipmunks are rodents that are a type of squirrel. These small, furry animals are identified by their stubby legs, bushy tails and the white, black and brown stripes that run down their backs. Chipmunks are the smallest members of the squirrel family, according to National Geographic. The biggest species of chipmunk is the Eastern chipmunk. It grows to 11 inches (28 centimeters) …show more content…

They like to keep to themselves and only interact during mating season, which is in the spring. They are most active at dusk and dawn. Chipmunks spend most of their days foraging. A single chipmunk can gather up to 165 acorns in a day. Chipmunks it is thought to have gotten their black stripes from fighting with a black bear and the bear scratched the chipmunk and that is how the chipmunk got its stripes. The chipmunk is one of a few North American animals whose name has Native American origins. But they are unknown. Colonists in New England reported that "chitmunk" was the name for the animal in a local Algonquian language, but this word was never recorded in a dictionary and the Algonquian languages of that region are no longer natively spoken, so the original form and meaning of the word has been lost to time. It is a good guess that the word probably actually meant "squirrel," since "chipmunk" sounds similar to words for "squirrel" in living Algonquian languages . It is thought that chipmunks have a very benevolent spirit and they granting wishes of the most treasured of hearts desires. Chipmunk it is said is a totem of friendship and preparation and

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