🐾 Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus · wildlife atlas entry

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The eastern chipmunk ( Tamias striatus ) is a chipmunk species found in eastern North America. It is the only living member of the chipmunk subgenus Tamias , sometimes recognised as a separate genus. The name "chipmunk" comes from the Ottawa word ajidamoonh or the Ojibwe word ajidamoo , which translates literally as "one who descends trees headlong." Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Eastern Chipmunk — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Mike Leveille, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Leveille · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Tamias striatus
Rank	species
Community observations	112,756 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Mammalia › order Rodentia › family Sciuridae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Eastern Chipmunk photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · W College Entrance Rd, Vestal, NY, US
(c) Eric Liang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eastern Chipmunk photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Bayview Village, North York, ON, Canada
(c) Tatiana Svidskaia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eastern Chipmunk photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-19 · W Park St, Urbana, IL, US
(c) Florence Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eastern Chipmunk photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-17 · Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA
(c) ant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eastern Chipmunk photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Amherst Center, Amherst, MA, USA
(c) Sean Babineau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eastern Chipmunk photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2017-04-24 · St-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC, Canada
(c) Michael Hentges, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eastern Chipmunk photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-21 · Peterborough, NH, USA
(c) Joel Stave, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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