Chipmunk
Diet
Chipmunks have an omnivore diet consisting of grain, nuts, fruit, berries, birds’ eggs, small frogs, fungi, worms, insects, and on occasions small mammals like young mice.
Size
They range in size from the least chipmunk, which, at 7.2 to
8.5 inches (18.5 t
o 21.6 centimeters) and 1.1 to 1.8 ounces (32 to 50 grams), is the smallest chipmunk, to the Eastern chipmunk, which grows up to 11 inches (28 centimeters) and weighs as much as 4.4 ounces (125 grams).
Habitation
Chipmunks live mostly in woodlands and scrub areas of North America. Unlike squirrels, chipmunks spend most of their time on the ground. They dig burrows with their front paws, kicking dirt out with their hind feet or pushing it with their heads. Usually, the burrow have one main entrance. Except for mother chipmunks with a litter, chipmunks live alone and will defend the area around their burrow. Some chipmunks have a single room in which they sleep, store food, and hibernate. Others dig many food chambers connected by tunnels, lined with leaves and grasses
