Species: Neotamias amoenus
Yellow-pine Chipmunk
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Neotamias
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
tamia amène
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Rodents
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae - Neotamias - ) arrangement.
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - false - false
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Diet consists of seeds, fruits, green foliage, flowers, roots, buds, bulbs, tubers, fungi, and small animals. Caches food in burrow and in scattered pits dug in soil surface.
Reproduction Comments
Breeds in early spring. Average litter size is 5 (Washington) to 6 (California); 1 litter/year in Washington Cascades (Kenagy and Barnes 1988). Young are born from mid-May to early June (Banfield 1974), weaned in about 6 weeks; first appear at surface in June in Washington Cascades; first breeds at 1 year (Kenagy and Barnes 1988). May live up to 5 years.
Ecology Comments
Home range is a few acres, parts of which may be used seasonally (see Sutton 1992). In Washington, density was fairly stable over 3 years at 1.25/ha (see Sutton 1992). Easy prey for many kinds of predators. Competitive interactions with other chipmunk species may limit habitat use. Effective dispersal agent for Jeffrey pine seeds (Vander Wall 1992; see also Vander Wall, 1993, Oecologia 96:246-252).
Length
25
Weight
73
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-05
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-05
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Western North America, from central British Columbia and southwestern Alberta south to Yolla Bolly Range and Mammoth Pass in California, northern Nevada, and northwestern Utah, east to central Montana and western Wyoming; elevations of 975-2900 m in California (Sutton 1992; Hoffmann et al., in Wilson and Reeder 1993).