Chipmunks’ eating habit is quite different from the squirrels, they eat nuts, seeds, small eggs of insects and birds, small snakes and also small birds occasionally, while the squirrels rely on plants, seeds and nuts.Lifespan- tree squirrel 5-12 years chipmunks 2-5 years. Coloring- tree squirrel black, brown, and rust-red chipmunks black and tan stripes. Weight- tree squirrel 11-35 ounces chipmunks 1-5 ounces. Chipmunks store food for the winter period, while the chipmunks do not, it hibernates during that period making it unnecessary to store food. Size- tree squirrel 5-36 inches chipmunks are 10 inches.Chipmunks live in deep burrows under the ground.They make a very complex tunnel-like structure for its protection and storage of food.The Squirrels live in tree holes.They'll gather nuts and seeds to store in their burrows. One key difference between the two is that only chipmunks store food for winter. Both occasionally eat insects and small animals. The thirteen-lined ground squirrel ( Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) has just that - 13 lines. Though both belong to the same Sciuridae family, they have a lot of differences among each other.The main difference between a chipmunk and the squirrel is the stripes, the chipmunks have stripes on the back of it till the head while the squirrels do not have stripes, the ground squirrel, of course, has stripes but not till the head. Chipmunks eat primarily seeds, nuts and berries, while ground squirrels eat mainly seeds and plant material including agricultural plants like corn and wheat. The eastern chipmunk ( Tamias striatus) has seven stripes on its body - a single black stripe running down the middle of its back and three stripes on each side going black, white, black.Main Differences Between Chipmunk and Squirrel
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