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Townsend's Chipmunk

Neotamias townsendii

Photo by SargonR
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Description:

Townsend's Chipmunk spotted in the Willamette National Forest, Oregon.

Notes:

Townsend's Chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from British Columbia through western Washington and Oregon. Townsend's chipmunk is named after John Kirk Townsend, an early 19th-century ornithologist.

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