Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Sciuridae |
| Genus | Tamias |
| Species | Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Arkansas
- Sharp, Stone
- Indiana
- Monroe
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
- Tennessee
- Blount
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Prince Edward Island
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nebraska
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Kansas
- S2 Imperiled
- Florida
- S3 Vulnerable
- Rhode Island
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- District of Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- S2 Imperiled
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987.
- Linzey, D.W. 1995. Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 1995 update. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 111: 1–81.
- Linzey, D.W. 2016. Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 2016 revision. Southeastern Naturalist 15, Monograph 8: 1–93.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2985. https://cavebiology.org/species/tamias-striatus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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