Cliff Chipmunk

Neotamias dorsalis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Mammalia · Rodentia · Sciuridae

About

The cliff chipmunk is a small, bushy-tailed squirrel that typically lives along cliff walls or boulder fields bordering Pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Western United States and Mexico. Cliff chipmunks are very agile, and can often be seen scaling steep cliff walls. Cliff chipmunks do not amass body fat as the more common ground squirrel does. They create caches of food which they frequent during the cold winter months.

Fun Fact

Cliff chipmunks are very agile, and can often be seen scaling steep cliff walls.

Quick Facts

Habitat

To be updated

Diet

Diet consists of juniper berries, pine seeds, and acorns.

Lifespan

2 years

Threats

Habitat Change
Human Disturbance

External Data Sources

Recent sightings on iNaturalist IUCN Red List profile

More Mammals Species

Abbott's Duiker EN Abbott's Gibbon EN Addax CR African Elephant EN African Forest Elephant CR African Wild Ass CR

Browse all Mammals →