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Squirrels and Chipmunks

Gray Squirrel Squirrels and Chipmunks

Eastern Chipmunk

Hind print (five toes) of a chipmunk (Tamias striatus).

Squirrels and Chipmunks (Sciuridae)

Where found: Sciurids live in almost every habitat from tropical rain forest to semiarid desert, avoiding only the high polar regions and the driest of deserts.

Description:' The hindlimbs of sciurids are generally longer than the forelimbs. They have four toes on the forefeet and five toes on the hindfeet. The paws on the forefeet include a thumb, although this is often poorly developed. The feet of sciurids also have a soft pad on the underside. The front paws almost always print side-by-side behind and between the rear paws. Contrast with rabbit tracks in which the front paws print one behind another (but still behind and between the rear paws).

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