Siberian chipmunk | 台北市立動物園資訊網

TheSiberianchipmunkorcommonchipmunkappearsacrossnorthernAsiafromcentral...isrelativelysmallcomparedtootherSciuridae,suchastheredsquirrel....European,SiberiatoSakhalinandKunashir,extremeeasternKazakhstan, ...

Species of mammal

The Siberian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), also called common chipmunk is native to northern Asia from central Russia to China, Korea, and Hokkaidō in northern Japan.[1] It was imported from South Korea and introduced in Europe as a pet in the 1960s.

Typically the Siberian chipmunk has four white stripes and five dark stripes along the back. It is 18–25 cm (7.1–9.8 in) long, a third of which is the tail. The weight of adults depends on the time of year and food availability.[3] It exhibits slight variations in coloration in different geographic regions.[4] Even though the Siberian chipmunk normally grows to 50–150 g (1.8–5.3 oz).[3][5] The Siberian chipmunk exhibits sexual dimorphism, and size and body proportions are the only way to distinguish younger chipmunks from older ones.[4] Its ...