page_title: Yellow-cheeked chipmunk
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Yellow-cheeked chipmunk / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: Tamias ochrogenys Deutsch: Verbreitungskarte des Gelbwangen-Streifenhörnchens English: Distribution map of the yellow-cheeked chipmunk
context_page_description: The yellow-cheeked chipmunk, also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to areas near the coast of northern California in the United States where it inhabits coastal coniferous forest.
context_section_description: The yellow-cheeked chipmunk is endemic to the coast region of northern California, where it is present in a strip of land nowhere wider than 40 km (25 mi). The southern end of its range is a few kilometers north of Bodego Bay and Freestone in Sonoma County and the northern end is the Eel River in Humboldt County. It occurs at altitudes up to 1,280 m (4,200 ft) in the humid coastal strip of coniferous forest where an understory of shrubby growth occurs.
caption: Distribution of the yellow-cheeked chipmunk
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