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eastern chipmunk

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Noun1.eastern chipmunkeastern chipmunk - small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
ground squirrel, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus
squirrel - a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
genus Tamias, Tamias - chipmunks of eastern North America


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On July 28 and 29, 20 animals were captured, including 17 house mice, 1 white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), 1 short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), and 1 eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus).
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in Michigan by Walker, Edward D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Kevin Rowe and Ken Paige, biologists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, used DNA (chemical that carries hereditary information) samples to trace the ancestors of 244 eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus (tuh-MY-us stree-AT-us).
Chillin' chipmunks by Janes, Patricia / Science World
Researchers tallied the mutations in mitochondrial DNA extracted from small tissue samples from 244 eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, captured at 25 sites in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.
Chipmunks in Wisconsin toughed out ice age by Science News
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