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Chipmunksaresmall,stripedrodentsofthefamilySciuridae.ChipmunksarefoundinNorthAmerica,withtheexceptionoftheSiberianchipmunkwhichisfound ...

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Tribe of mammals (rodent (marmot))

Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of the family Sciuridae. Chipmunks are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

Chipmunks may be classified either as a single genus, Tamias, or as three genera: Tamias, of which the eastern chipmunk (T. striatus) is the only living member; Eutamias, of which the Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus) is the only living member; and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western North American, species. These classifications were treated as subgenera due to the chipmunks morphological similarities.[2] As a result, most taxonomies over the twentieth century have placed the chipmunks into a single genus. However...