Talk:Eastern Chipmunk
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The Eastern Chipmunk is territorial and does not tolerate others of its kind within several meters of its burrow. Fierce chases and biting to chase off encroaching individuals result when competing for food or mates. Males take no responsibility for the young beyond mating. Individual females live solitary except when nursing their young. They will drive off adolescent offspring when they become independant. Sometimes females will abandon a well stocked burrow after her young are weaned and establish a new home neareby. Young chipmunks will engage in play with one another while exploring the area immediate to their birth nest. Dominance for territory is established at this time with weaker individuals forced to move greater distances away. In areas where there are roads and traffic, young chipmunks often meet thier demise under the wheels of motor vehicles. When food is abundant and predators scarce, the chipmunk can live to 5 years. They are alert, quick, and wary of danger, very industrious in food gathering, and bold once habituated to humans. Physically robust and agile, the adult chipmunk can leap vertically 10 times its body length. Chipmunks are fastidious in self grooming. They have no detectable odor and are visibly clean. A bird feeder near your window will attract chipmunks and allow hours of enjoyable observation.
was removed from Chipmunk and placed here for consideration. Some duplication, but some citations would be nice to have prior to inclusion. mdf 14:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Etymology
The main chipmunk article suggests a different etymology (from a Native American language rather than the onomotopaeic origin in this article). -Jeff Worthington 02:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
