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Always happy to find these cute little mammals - In Explore Sept 11 2023

While out in a local park in Alberta, Canada, we were very happy to find this cure little chipmunk.

He was busy running around these logs but was also very friendly and curious. He posed nicely for his photo before going off to explore other parts of the park as did we.

 

Chipmunks are small rodents in the same family as squirrels.

I believe this little mammal is a least chipmunk.

 

Least Chipmunks are the smallest of all chipmunks. They have five dark and four light stripes along their sides and three dark and two light stripes on the face. Their fur is orange-brown, and their underside is greyish-white. Their tail is bushy, long, and pale brown.

 

-Neotamias minimus

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Uploaded on September 11, 2023
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