Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Jeff's Mammals Page | Jeff's Nature Page Common in the western third of Montana and much of the northwestern US into southwestern Canada.
Yellow-Pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus)
Whaley Draw, Missoula Co., MT 4/13/2015
Yellow-Pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus)
Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 9/24/2014
Yellow-Pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus)
Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 9/24/2014
Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus)
Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 5/8/2012

I believe this and the chipmunk below (seen in the same debris pile) are Yellow-Pine Chipmunks, but I cannot positively rule out Least Chipmunk, although Least Chipmunk has not been recorded in Missoula Co., according to the Mammals of Montana (Foreman 2012).

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