Talk:Eastern chipmunk

moved here from Chipmunk
The following text:

''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 independent. Sometimes females will abandon a well stocked burrow after her young are weaned and establish a new home nearby. 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 their 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)

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)

Range
Can we include a map indicating geographic range? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.128.24 (talk) 21:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Copyright review
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Copyright problem
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Tamias vs Eutamias
Let's read this again:
 * It is the sole living member of the chipmunk subgenus Tamias, sometimes recognised as a separate genus.

In fact the Siberian chipmunk has been described as Eutamias sibiricus but also as Tamias sibiricus. Thus, the Eastern chipmunk shouldn't be defined as the sole living member of the chipmunk subgenus Tamias, even if stating immediately after that, sometimes recognised as a separate genus. The word sometimes doesn't allow to state is the sole living member. Is there or not any scientific consensus about the Tamias genus? one or two species in Tamias? Kintaro (talk) 19:37, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Infobox image replacement?
The infobox image was replaced. To me, the replacement is obviously worse (doesn't show the whole animal, bad lighting, less detail...), but I don't want to revert myself because I took the replaced image. Bringing it up here instead. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 15:13, 28 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins has been doing some excellent stuff around chipmunks and other :natural history articles but in this case agree the previous image was better for the :infobox. Alerting to this discussion. Regards Orenburg1 (talk) 10:01, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It's a great picture and I agree with your concerns. I made the change as it backs up the etymology of the Native American name, just to the left.
 * I have reverted the infobox photo. Keep taking great pictures, Rhododendrites! Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins (talk) 10:41, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah. Makes more sense now. :) Thanks for your work on these articles! &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 12:01, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

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