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Photo of the Day #819: Chipmunk

By laelaps on January 10, 2010.

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A chipmunk, photographed near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park.


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Since there are no stripes on the face, distinct white markings around the eyes, and the body seems fatter that a chipmunk's body, I am thinking it's a Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis.

Nice photo, well composed.