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 Chipmunks
 * Description ** **:** Chipmunks are very lively. They are slow critters and they have pudgy cheeks. One thing that everyone should know about chipmunks is that they are little, have glossy eyes, and they are striped. Their bushy tails have made them a favorite among animators. On the sides of their face and across their back and tail chipmunks have dark and light stripes. Siberian chipmunks are native to certain parts of the Caribbean. The lifespan of a chipmunk is anything from 5 to 10 inches or 10 to 24 cm. Male chipmunks are called Nucks. Females are referred to as femochimpuncks. Baby chipmunks are known as Pups, Kits, or Kittens.


 * Interesting Facts : ** Chipmunks are small member of the squirrel family. An interesting fact about chipmunks is that they have been in films. Chipmunks can be white to black in color. Their shrill repeated. After a 30-day gestation, a litter of two to eight is born. Chipmunks are also referred to as cute squirrels. There is 3 species of chipmunks.

**Habitat**: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Asia’s Tamias sibiricus is not found in North America. There are 24 species of squirrel are found in North America. Chipmunks generally gather food on the ground in areas with underbrush, rocks, and logs. They can hide from predators like hawks, foxes, coyotes, weasels, and snakes. Chipmunks <range type="comment" id="534070220_7">feed on insects, nuts, berries, seeds, fruit.</range id="534070220_7"> Chipmunks hibernate. They periodically dip into their cache of nuts and seeds throughout the winter. Their diet is Omnivore.

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