| Common Name: | Chipmunk, Townsend's | | Scientific Name: | Eutamias townsendii | | Family: | Sqiuridae | | Area: | Yellowbottom Campground, Oregon | | Date: | July 11, 2005 | 
The Townsend's Chipmunk is the common chipmunk West of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington. It is larger and darker than the Yellow-pine Chipmunk and the Least Chipmunk of the East side of the Cascades. It is smaller than the Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel which is often mistaken for a chipmunk. | 
Beaver Creek State Natural Area - - - July 15, 2013 | | Reference: | Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest by Kozloff / Cascade-Olympic Natural History by Mathews / Field Guide to Mammals by Whitaker |
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