JungleDragon is a nature and wildlife community for photographers, travellers and anyone who loves nature. We're genuine, free, ad-free and beautiful.

Join

Least Chipmunk at Grand Teton After getting involved in some chipmunk identification discussions, I thought that I ought to upload one of my own. These seem to be pretty simple, but the systematics in North America are a lot more complex than you might imagine. Fall,Geotagged,Grand Teton National Park,Least chipmunk,Neotamias minimus,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Least Chipmunk at Grand Teton

After getting involved in some chipmunk identification discussions, I thought that I ought to upload one of my own. These seem to be pretty simple, but the systematics in North America are a lot more complex than you might imagine.

    comments (2)

  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
    View Lion class
    Wonderful shot, great detail, composition and love the earth tones of the chipmunk. Posted 8 years ago
    1. View Barry's profile
      Barry
      Lion
      View Lion class
      Well I am happy to accept the complements for the first two but I am afraid that the earth tones are thanks to Chipmunk evolution LOL! Posted 8 years ago

Sign in or Join in order to comment.

The Least chipmunk

The least chipmunk is the smallest chipmunk in North America. It is also the most widespread species of chipmunk in North America occurring across north-central and western United States and from British Columbia and southern Yukon to western Quebec in Canada. The species is found in a variety of habitats including mixed deciduous and coniferous forests, boreal forest, and sagebrush plains.

They have three dark lines with white in between along their face and five black stripes with brown.. more

Info 11 0
Similar species: Rodents
Species identified by Barry
View Barry's profile

By Barry

Attribution Share Alike
Uploaded Apr 20, 2017. Captured Sep 26, 2015 01:15 in Signal Mountain Resort Rd, Alta, WY 83414, USA.
  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
  • f/5.8
  • 1/202s
  • ISO250
  • 150.5mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.