Genus Tamias Higher classification Chipmunk | Phylum Chordata Family Sciuridae Scientific name Tamias dorsalis Rank Species | |
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Similar Chipmunk, Uinta chipmunk, Hopi chipmunk, Squirrel, Panamint chipmunk | ||
The cliff chipmunk (Tamias dorsalis) is a small, bushy-tailed squirrel that typically lives along cliff walls or boulder fields bordering Pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Western United States and Mexico. Cliff chipmunks are very agile, and can often be seen scaling steep cliff walls. Cliff chipmunks do not amass body fat as the more common ground squirrel does. They create a "stash" of food which they frequent during the cold winter months.
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