Squirrel With Chipmunk Stripes. Squirrels and chipmunks, both belong to the family sciuridae. Chipmunks are small striped squirrels native to north america and asia.

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Other physical differences include the presence of stripes on a chipmunk as well as a bushier tail and rounded ears that stand erect. Brown squirrel gets stripes and is called chipmunk from that day forward. Both species are members of the squirrel family.

Chipmunks are rodents that are a type of squirrel.

Unlike the squirrels that stay either on the ground or in the tree trunks, the chipmunks dig holes chipmunks are mostly found in the north american and the asian region. Note the stripes on the head, back and tail. Squirrels and chipmunks both belong to the sciuridae family and are small rodents that eat nuts, fruits, seeds, green vegetation but on the tree squirrels, there are no stripes. Other physical differences include the presence of stripes on a chipmunk as well as a bushier tail and rounded ears that stand erect.


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