Are Chipmunk And Squirrels The Same. The chipmunks can survive from eating berries, nuts, and various types of seeds. Prairie dogs, woodchucks, and marmots are all in the squirrel family too.
Chipmunks are members of the squirrel family (sciurinae), but they are smaller than squirrels and are primarily ground dwellers.
Both squirrels and chipmunks belong to the same family of rodents, which also includes marmots and prairie dogs. In fact, if you walked outside and saw a little rodent scurrying around, picking up nuts, and driving dogs crazy, you would probably call it either a squirrel or a chipmunk and assume they're actually the same creature. But they are not the same animal. They are fitted in pairs on each side of your home.