### animal | vertebrate | mammal | rodent | squirrel:

Chipmunk
* All chipmunks have facial stripes.
* Many chipmunks dig extensive networks of burrows.
* Most chipmunks achieve maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - carry food
  - depend on food
  - detect predators
* Most chipmunks eat berries
  - leaves
  - nuts
  - vegetation
  - young leaves
  - emerge from hibernation
* Most chipmunks fill cheek pouches
  - grow into adulthood
* Most chipmunks have cheek pouches
  - coats
  - eyes
  - internal pouches
  - large pouches
  - sensitive eyes
  - undersides
  - white undersides
  - inhabit mature woodlands
  - leave burrows
  - live in woodlands
  - make burrows
  - remain in burrows
  - stay in burrows
  - use teeth
  - weigh ounces
* Some chipmunks become pests
  - carry babies
  - construct tunnels
  - consume raspberry fruit
* Some chipmunks consume red fruit
* Some chipmunks eat crickets
  - insects
  - emerge from burrows
  - have senses
* Some chipmunks live in basins
  - logs
  - underground burrows
  - make nests in logs or in bushes
* Some chipmunks reach maturity
  - suffer poor health
* also enjoy nuts and fruits
  - prey on young birds and their eggs
* are abroad during the daytime
  - active during the day and sleep in their underground burrows at night
  - actually small squirrels, which are indigenous to North America
  - also members of the squirrel family
  - among the smallest of the ground-type squirrels, some weighing only an ounce or two
  - an important prey animal for a number of predators
* are attracted to a variety of foods, especially nuts, grains, and berries
  - areas that offer food and shelter
  - bird feeders where they gather spilled seed
  - counters so their values continue to increase with time
  - diurnal mammals and hibernate in cold weather
  - easy to catch and can be caught with little effort
  - eight to ten inches long and weigh two and a half to four ounces
  - graceful and spry, quick to dart for their underground burrows when startled
* are ground animals
  - dwellers
  - jittery little creatures
  - kept as popular and entertaining pets
* are known for having an omnivorous diet
  - to be hibernators, even in the southern parts of their range
* are located in parks
  - state parks
  - most active during the early morning and late afternoon
* are most active in the early morning and late afternoon
  - much smaller than squirrels
  - native to North America
  - omniverous, feeding on plant and animal material
  - omnivores, dining on various types of foods that are found mostly on the ground
  - prey for many mammals and birds
  - proliferous, as well as deer, thrushes, r-b grosbeaks and Eastern tiger swallowtails
  - rodents that are a type of squirrel
* are small animals that resemble grey squirrels
  - rodents who frequent forests or dense brush
  - striped squirrels in the genus Tamias
  - so small and fast that they can easily get lost in a large room
  - social animals, and both the male and female raise their young
* are solitary and hibernate in the winter
  - in nature
  - strategic animals
  - very busy during the warmer months
* are very vocal and make a variety of noises
  - some of the calls sound like bird chirps
* build an elaborate underground burrow for sleeping.
* can be a serious pest on seeds of vine crops, peas, and beans
  - very beneficial to humans and the environment
  - climb, run and swim
  - have both stimulatory and inhibitory impacts on ecological succession processes
  - store large amounts of food in their pouched cheeks
  - stow away an astonishing amount of food in their inner cheek pouches
  - tolerate a wide range of living situations
  - urinate and defecate when captured
* cause considerable damage
  - serious agricultural damage
  - significant damage
* change behavior.
* chew on wiring which causes wire damage as well as wall and attic fires.
* consume a diet comprised primarily of nuts, fruits and seeds.
* defend territory.
* demonstrate behavior.
* desire nuts.
* dig extensive burrow systems directly underneath or next to natural or manmade cover
  - their burrows, pushing or carrying excavated dirt away from the entrance
  - tunnels under rocks or bushes
* eat a wide variety of seed, fruit, and nuts
  - all kinds of seeds, berries, grasses and even an occasional flower
  - berries, baby snakes, nuts, and grasshoppers
  - mostly plants, but they also eat small invertebrates such as snails or slugs
  - seeds, nuts, grains, and fruit
  - the seeds, while deer occasionally eat the foliage
* enter buildings for shelter and nesting
* enter into states
  - torpid states
* excrete feces less condensed.
* favor areas with stone walls or rotting logs and heavy ground cover.
* feed up to six times a day, eating a small meal each time.
* generally have stouter bodies than other squirrels.
* get into camps and homes on occasion and can cause limited structural damage.
* give birth to live babies.
* greet each other by rubbing cheeks and noses.
* have a hopping gait so the back feet land next to each other
  - similar diet, but smaller plants are consumed
  - an omnivorous diet primarily consisting of seeds, nuts and other fruits, and buds
* have cheek pouches in which they carry food to store in their burrows
  - ears to listen for enemies
  - light colored stripes surrounded by black
  - limit ranges
  - no white undertail
  - the amazing ability to stuff their cheeks full of food
* hibernate during the cold winter months.
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
  - parts of a number of countries, including the United States and Russia
* lead primarily solitary lives.
* leave an odor when they die and they leave fecal contamination
* live for two to three years in the wild and five to eight years in captivity.
* live in burrows excavated in the ground, and they're more frequently heard than seen
  - forests and edges of forests and are also found around suburban and rural areas
  - woodlands, lawns, gardens, parks, and brushy areas
* love berries
  - use of specially adapted internal cheek pouches as a method of carrying food around
  - various sounds to communicate
* mate both in early spring and early summer
  - more frequently and have larger litters when food supplies are plentiful
  - once or twice per year and give birth to litters of one to eight offspring
  - two times a year, in early spring and again early in the summer
* naturally feed on flower bulbs, fruit, seeds, and seedlings.
* need plenty.
* occasionally kill and eat birds, especially nestlings.
* occupy ranges.
* often seek out strawberries, blackberries and other berries that grow close to the ground.
* plug their den entrances when they go underground.
* prefer to live in solitude and lead self-dependant lives.
* produce one or two litters a year.
* remove the fresh dirt from the opening to avoid being conspicuous to predators.
* require colder temperatures to hibernate.
* seem to feel their emotions with their tails.
* sleep alone.
* sometimes are confused with red squirrels.
* spend most of their days foraging
  - time on the ground rather than in trees
  - much time in late summer and fall gathering and storing food
* stalk very quietly then when they are a foot away they jump after their prey.
* store food
  - their food in their burrows
* to eat food.
* use holes in trees or logs
* usually live about three years.
* vary in size and colour depending on species.