least chipmunk

rodent
Also known as: Tamias minimus

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chipmunk species

  • Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus).
    In chipmunk

    The smallest chipmunk is the least chipmunk (T. minimus), which weighs about half as much as the eastern chipmunk. The Hopi chipmunk (T. rufus) lives among the buttes and canyonlands of the American Southwest and is remarkably adept at climbing sheer rock faces and overhangs. The Uinta chipmunk (T. umbrinus),…

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