#0319 · 🦊 mammals

Townsend's Chipmunk

🇳🇱 Townsendchipmunk ·Neotamias townsendii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ken Clifton · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jerry McFarland · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ken Clifton · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © sohzendeh · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Sandy, OR, USA:© Debbie Meader · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Port Orford, OR 97465, USA:© Jim Boone · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sandy, OR, USA:© Debbie Meader · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Cascade Locks, OR 97014, USA:© David Featherston · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Campbell Valley Regional Park, Langley Twp, BC, Canada:© Eric Habisch · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Townsend's chipmunk ( Neotamias townsendii ) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from British Columbia through western Washington and Oregon. A large chipmunk, adults can be 36 cm (14 in) from nose to tail. In much of its range, it is the only chipmunk; it can be identified by its tail which is grayish above and reddish below, and by its brown coloration with...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,422iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).