What is a Chipmunk?
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Chipmunks are mammals.
Chipmunk is a type of squirrels.
They are diurnal. They are active early in the morning and
then again late in the afternoon.
A group of chipmunks is called a scurry.
A male chipmunk is called a buck.
A female chipmunk is called a doe.
Babies are called kittens
or pups.
What does a Chipmunk Look Like?
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Chipmunks are tiny animals, and have a fluffy tail.
Chipmunks are usually a gray-brown
color with dark stripes on their backs.
The colors help them blend in with
nature and works as camouflage
against predators.
They have pouches in their cheeks
that they use to store foods they eat.
They have 5 toes on their two back
paws and 4 toes on their two front
paws.
There are 24 different types of chipmunks that live in North America.
Only one type of chipmunk, the Siberian Chipmunk, lives across Asia
and in some parts of Europe.
What does a Chipmunk Eat?
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Chipmunks are omnivores.
Chipmunks eat nuts, berries, seeds, grains,
small insects, frogs, and bird eggs.
They usually find food on the ground but
sometimes climb up the trees.
They use their cheek pouches to bring food
to their burrow.
Chipmunk cheek pouches can expand 3
times bigger than their heads to store food.
Predators
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hawks
foxes
owls
snakes
coyotes
raccoons
cats
dogs
and sometimes
even their own
squirrel cousins
Chipmunk Habitat
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A Chipmunk’s home is located in an
underground burrow.
A burrow is a hole or underground tunnel.
A chipmunk’s burrow is like a small house with
different rooms.
They like to keep their burrows clean.
They keep feces (poop) in an unused tunnel.
They also have different areas in the burrow
for storing food and sleeping.
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They hibernate during the winter but not all
the time.
They only wake up sometimes to eat.
To hibernate means to take a deep sleep
with a slowed heart rate and lower body
temperature.
Baby Chipmunks
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Mother chipmunks give birth to 2-6 babies.
They are adorable as newborns.
The babies are born blind and without fur.
Young chipmunks stay with their mothers for 6 weeks.
After 8 weeks, they will go off on their own.
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