Yellow-pine chipmunk

The yellow-pine chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae found in parts of Canada and the United States, usually in brush-covered areas; in California it lives at about 975 to 2,900 metres. Its dark reddish, cinnamon-mixed coat carries five dark longitudinal stripes separated by four lighter ones, and it can be hard to tell from the least chipmunk or red-tailed chipmunk where their ranges overlap. Females are the larger sex in most body measurements, and large males average about 50 grams. It is a seed-storing hibernator that scatter-hoards seeds in caches and relies on its larder to survive winter. It breeds once a year in late April or early May, with litters of about four or five.