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title: "Townsend's Chipmunk"
description: "Neotamias townsendii — Mamíferos. Townsend's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/townsend-s-chipmunk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Townsend's Chipmunk

> Neotamias townsendii — Mamíferos. Townsend's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Neotamias townsendii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 5303
- Wikidata: [Q24662794](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24662794)
- iNaturalist taxon: [225756](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/225756)

## Names

- en: Townsend's Chipmunk
- de: Townsend-Streifenhörnchen
- es: Ardilla listada de Townsend
- fr: Tamia de Townsend
- nl: Townsendchipmunk

## Countries with the most observations

US (4172), CA (338)

## Summary

Townsend's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from extreme southwestern British Columbia through western Washington and western Oregon. Townsend's chipmunk is named after John Kirk Townsend, an early 19th-century ornithologist.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsend's_chipmunk

## Photo

![Townsend's Chipmunk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/townsend-s-chipmunk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/361882485

## Machine access

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