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Eastern chipmunk

Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is a species in the family Sciuridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 80 g to 125 g and live up to 8.74 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Photo: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the eastern chipmunk

Weight
80 g – 125 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
8.74 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
9.5 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
31.3 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
4 – 5src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
5.57 months – 7.49 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.53src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the eastern chipmunk live?

Not recorded

What is the eastern chipmunk?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is a chipmunk species found in eastern North America. It is the only living member of the genus Tamias.

From the Wikipedia article “Eastern chipmunk” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_chipmunk&oldid=1367517012), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the eastern chipmunk endangered?

The eastern chipmunk is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the eastern chipmunk classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familySciuridae
  6. genusTamias
  7. SpeciesTamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Sciurus striatus

Other names and names in other languages (46)
  • ChippieEnglish
  • Chipping squirrelEnglish
  • Eastern American chipmunkEnglish
  • Ground squirrelEnglish
  • صيدناني شرقيArabic
  • Esquirol llistat de l'Est americàCatalan
  • ᎩᏳᎦCherokee
  • čipmank východníCzech
  • Østamerikansk jordegernDanish
  • HackeeGerman
  • Östliches ChipmunkGerman
  • Streifen-BackenhörnchenGerman
  • StreifenbackenhörnchenGerman
  • Ραβδωτός ταμίαςGreek
  • Ανατολικό ΣκιουράκιGreek
  • La ardilla listadaSpanish
  • Ardilla Listada del Este AmericanoSpanish
  • Ida-vöötoravEstonian
  • tikutakuFinnish
  • juovamaaoravaFinnish
  • tamia rayéFrench
  • petit suisseFrench
  • טמיאס מזרחיHebrew
  • Prugasta vjevericaCroatian
  • amerikai csíkosmókusHungarian
  • ChipmunkItalian
  • Chipmunk orientaleItalian
  • Tamia striatoItalian
  • トウブシマリスJapanese
  • 동부다람쥐Korean
  • Rytų Amerikos burundukasLithuanian
  • Austrumu burunduksLatvian
  • Østlig StripeekornNorwegian Bokmål
  • østamerikastripeekornNorwegian Bokmål
  • Oostelijke wangzakeekhoornDutch
  • agongosOjibwa
  • agongosensOjibwa
  • pręgowiec amerykańskiPolish
  • Tâmia orientalPortuguese
  • Восточный бурундукRussian
  • Jihó’gwaisSeneca
  • östlig chipmunkSwedish
  • Бурундук східнийUkrainian
  • Бурундук східноамериканськийUkrainian
  • 东部花栗鼠Chinese
  • 東部花栗鼠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the eastern chipmunk

Other species in the same genus Tamias.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eastern chipmunk?

An adult eastern chipmunk weighs 80 g – 125 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the eastern chipmunk endangered?

The eastern chipmunk is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the eastern chipmunk live?

The eastern chipmunk has a recorded lifespan of 8.74 years.

How long is the eastern chipmunk pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 31.3 days.

What kind of animal is the eastern chipmunk?

The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) belongs to the family Sciuridae in the order Rodentia.

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BibTeX
@misc{eastern_chipmunk_2026,
  title = {Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-chipmunk},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}