Hopi chipmunk
Tamias rufus (Hoffmeister & Ellis, 1979)
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The hopi chipmunk (Tamias rufus) is a species in the family Sciuridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 53.6 g to 57.5 g and live up to 6.08 years.
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Quick facts about the hopi chipmunk
- Weight
- 53.6 g – 57.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 6.08 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 31.8 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.28src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 10.8 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the hopi chipmunk live?
Not recorded
Is the hopi chipmunk endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the hopi chipmunk classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familySciuridae
- genusTamias
- SpeciesTamias rufus (Hoffmeister & Ellis, 1979)
Synonyms Eutamias quadrivittatus rufus, Neotamias rufus
Relatives of the hopi chipmunk
Other species in the same genus Tamias.
Siberian chipmunk
Tamias sibiricus
Eastern chipmunk
Tamias striatus
Least chipmunk
Tamias minimus
Colorado chipmunk
Tamias quadrivittatus
Townsend's chipmunk
Tamias townsendii
Long-eared chipmunk
Tamias quadrimaculatus
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the hopi chipmunk?
An adult hopi chipmunk weighs 53.6 g – 57.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the hopi chipmunk live?
The hopi chipmunk has a recorded lifespan of 6.08 years.
How long is the hopi chipmunk pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 31.8 days.
What kind of animal is the hopi chipmunk?
The hopi chipmunk (Tamias rufus) belongs to the family Sciuridae in the order Rodentia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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