CHIPMUNK ANTICS BRING HUMOR, SOUND WARNING CALLS IN WILD

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL) | October 7, 1997 | Copyright

What most people know about chipmunks they've probably learned from a couple comic sources: the Disney characters Chip and Dale and the high-pitched Alvin and the Chipmunks. Chipmunks are more accurately described as ground squirrels, a nice term for rodents with stripes that live or burrow in holes.

There are eight types of chipmunks living in the United States, six of which are restricted to western, often mountainous regions.

Only two species are found in the Midwest: the Least Chipmunk, which can be seen in the pine woods of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the Eastern Chipmunk, a common ...

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