Eastern Chipmunk

The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is a ground squirrel found from the eastern United States to south-eastern Canada. It favours open deciduous woodland with stumps, logs or rocks, especially mature beech-maple forest. The fur is greyish to reddish brown with a white belly; five dark stripes run down the back and stop before a yellowish to reddish rump patch, and there are light and dark stripes around the eyes. The tail is hairy but not bushy and somewhat flattened. It is told from the least chipmunk by stripes that do not reach the tail base and by its larger size. It is diurnal, most active mid-morning and mid-afternoon, solitary, and defends the area around its burrow. It eats mainly fruit, seeds and nuts, plus insects, earthworms, birds' eggs and mushrooms, carrying food in its cheek pouches to caches. It does not store fat for hibernation; instead it alternates torpor with waking to eat its stores. Most wild animals live less than two years, with a captive record of eight. In Japan it is a North American species distinct from the Siberian chipmunk commonly kept, and captive-bred animals appear only occasionally at specialists.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Eastern Chipmunk lives Usually under 2 years in the wild; captive record of 8 years.

The Eastern Chipmunk grows to About 30cm including tail; 66–115g.

It weighs 66–115g and is about 30cm long including the tail.