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Definition of Eastern chipmunk
1. Noun. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
Generic synonyms: Squirrel
Group relationships: Genus Tamias, Tamias
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Chipmunk
Literary usage of Eastern chipmunk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"IN replying briefly to the above, let me begin by quoting verbatim what Mr.
Ingersoll does say about the eastern chipmunk : " The chipmunk (Tamias »I rial ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1898)
"Forty specimens, representing every locality visited, show nearer affinities to
the Carolinian than the Canadian form of our eastern chipmunk. ..."
3. Southern California: Its Valleys, Hills and Streams; Its Animals, Birds, and by Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1886)
"At five or six thousand feet is found a thick-set, bob-tailed, striped- sided
chipmunk, about twice the size of the eastern chipmunk. It climbs but little, ..."
4. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Photo by Verne Morton The eastern chipmunk. TO A CAPTIVE CHIPMUNK OF THE SIERRAS
Bright little comrade from the woods, come show Thy antic cheer about my ..."
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