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The Colorado chipmunk is a species of chipmunk in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States . It can be found most often in coniferous forests, woodlands, montane shrub lands, and alpine tundra habitats. This western American dweller is the largest of the three species of chipmunks found in the Colorado Front Range which also include the Least Chipmunk and the Uinta Chipmunk. On average it weighs about 62 grams 2.2 oz. Chipmunks are distinguished from ground squirrels in that their faces have a stripe going across under the eye. There are no dimorphic differences between males and females.
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