Townsend's Chipmunk

by Kathy Kelly

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Townsend's Chipmunk

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Kathy Kelly

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While hiking in the forests of Oregon, we came across this adorable Townsend's Chipmunk. This brave little fellow kept approaching us, possibly looking for food.

In the 1830s, an explorer named Townsend collected a chipmunk he called a "pretty little fellow." Later it was given his name. Townsend's chipmunks eat blackberries, salal berries, and thimble berries. In the late fall, they eat acorns, huckleberries, maple seeds, thistle seeds, grain seeds, grass, roots, and conifer seeds.

The Townsend’s chipmunk is found in or near coniferous forests in the Pacific Northwest in, and west of, the Cascades from British Columbia to Southern Oregon. It averages about 11 inches long and 4 ½ inches tall. It has five dark brown stripes and four gray stripes on its back that do not reach the tail. The sides are rusty brown, and the belly is pale. The face is marked with dark and light brown stripes. Its dark brown tail is very bushy.

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June 10th, 2017

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