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title: "Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk"
description: "Neotamias ochrogenys — Ssaki. The yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys), also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yellow-cheeked-chipmunk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk

> Neotamias ochrogenys — Ssaki. The yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys), also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Neotamias ochrogenys*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 196
- Wikidata: [Q21731078](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21731078)
- iNaturalist taxon: [225745](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/225745)

## Names

- en: Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk
- de: Gelbwangenstreifenhörnchen
- nl: Geelwangchipmunk

## Countries with the most observations

US (158)

## Summary

The yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys), also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to areas near the coast of northern California in the United States where it inhabits coastal coniferous forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-cheeked_chipmunk

## Photo

![Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-cheeked-chipmunk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/412709

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-cheeked-chipmunk?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).