(Palmer's Chipmunk)
Mammals Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas
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Description: Charleston Mountain Chipmunks (Neotamias palmeri), also called Palmer's Chipmunks, are small, reddish-brown squirrels with dark and light stripes on the face and on the back. The head and body are about 5-inches long, and the tail is about 4-inches long. This species only lives at higher elevations in the Spring Mountains (Mt. Charleston area) in the Transition (Yellow Pine Forest), Canadian (Pine-Fir Forest), and Hudsonian (Bristlecone Pine Forest) Life Zones. Genetic studies show that they do not occur in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland life zone. In the Las Vegas area, only chipmunks have stripes on the face, and chipmunks are equally at home on the ground and in the trees. |
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Where to Find: Charleston Mountain Chipmunks are unique to the Spring Mountains (Charleston Mountain, proper, and surrounding peaks). They occur here and nowhere else on earth. They are fairly common and can be found in all of the campgrounds, picnic areas, developed areas, and wildlands in the Kyle Canyon, Lee Canyon, and Cold Creek areas from the Yellow Pine zone upward to tree-line. |
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If you were a tasty forb or a little grass seed, or maybe a tasty mushroom, this might be the last face you ever see! |
 Charleston Mountain Chipmunk in pine tree |
 Typical feeding position |
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 Juvenile Charleston Mountain Chipmunk |
 Juvenile Charleston Mountain Chipmunk |
 Camp criminal looking for some food to steal |
 Camp criminal getting runoff water from faucet |
 Charleston Mountain Chipmunk in the rocks |
 Caught this hopeful camp criminal in the act! |
Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
; Last updated 231222
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