From Alvin and the Chipmunks to Over the Hedge, both squirrels and chipmunks have featured in some of the best animated ...

It’s known for its bushy tail and long body. It doesn’t have any stripes on its coat. Ground squirrel: A ground squirrel ...

and lacks the dorsal stripes of the eastern chipmunk. The red squirrel is about 30 cm (12 in) long, the tail accounting for nearly a third of the total length. Large adults weigh 240 g (8.4 oz). The ...

Although the squirrels could be mistaken for a chipmunk, Sasse said their defining features are their 13 lines. "Thirteen-lined ground squirrels are about the same size as the chipmunk ...

The tail, about 93 mm (3.7 in ... to the canopy of mature beech trees whose smooth bark acts as a barrier to this “ground squirrel”. Once in the canopy, chipmunks locate cluster of beechnuts by sight ...

The five juvenile squirrels had to be anaesthetised before their tails could be separated A US wildlife centre has saved five young grey squirrels after their tails became dangerously fused together.

I often enjoy the more common side of nature, the nature in our own backyards or neighborhood park that we see every day – ...

Compared to the eastern chipmunk, which is only 3-4 inches ... it doesn’t have to snuggle up to a fat bushy tail like the gray squirrel. Due to their long hibernation, they only have enough ...

Like many in the Northland, I maintain bird feeders throughout winter. Spending money on bird food seems very worth it when I can look out on a subzero morning and watch the antics of these avian ...

These rodents are reddish or brown with a bushy, flattened tail and five prominent dark ... Cousins to groundhogs and grey squirrels, chipmunks are active year-round, building elaborate tunnels ...

Both the 13-striped ground squirrel and the chipmunk have stripes on their backs, bushy tails, and buckteeth like Goldy. A gopher, however, has a long, rounded body that looks like an oversized field ...