Chipmunks and Chipmunk Control - Part 3 of 9 - Chipmunk Geography

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• Eastern chipmunk - found in most areas of eastern North America from North Carolina across the center of the gulf bordering states to Louisana, North to central Ontario and northeast to Nova Scotia.
  
• Hopi chipmunk - found in the canyon-lands of eastern Utah, northern Arizona, and western Colorado.
  
• Least chipmunk - found from the Rocky Mountains west to the Sierra Nevada and from northern Arizona and central New Mexico north to northern Canada. The least chipmunk is not found in the majority of the states of Idaho, Washington, or Oregon but is found throughout most of central Canada.
  
• Townsend's chipmunk - found mostly along the costal areas of Oregon, Washington, and southern British Colombia.
  
• Dusky chipmunk - found in California and northern Mexico in a thin band from the San Bernardino & San Jacinto ranges south to Baja California.
  
• Yellow-cheeked chipmunk - found only in a very small costal area of California from the Eel River in Humboldt County to Bodega bay in Sonoma County.
  
• Siskiyou chipmunk - another very small ranging species of chipmunk, the Siskiyou chipmunk can be found in the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon.
  
• Colorado chipmunk - found in northern New Mexico, parts of eastern and northern Utah, and throughout Colorado.
  
• Uinta chipmunk - is found discontinuously distributed throughout the mountainous regions of the Southern Sierra Nevada in California and the mountains of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
  
• Lodgepole chipmunk - found in California throughout the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada range and in the San Jacinto, San Bernardino, and San Gabriel mountains.
  
• Sonoma chipmunk - found on the west coast of California from the San Francisco bay area north to Siskiyou County.
  
• Allen's chipmunk - found on the west coast of California from the Eel River in Humboldt County north to southern Oregon and east across that entire range through the Sierra Nevada and just into Nevada itself.
  
• Red-tailed chipmunk - found in the Rocky Mountains northwest into northeastern Washington State, north along the eastern edge of British Colombia and east to southwestern Alberta.
  
• Long-eared chipmunk - found in California throughout the northern Sierra Nevada and in the Lake Tahoe Basin area of Nevada State.
  
• Panamint chipmunk - The Panamint chipmunk has a very small range between southeastern California and southwestern Nevada.
  
• Palmer's chipmunk - found only in the Spring Mountains west of Las Vegas, Nevada.
  
• Merriam's chipmunk - found throughout central and southern California.
  
• Cliff chipmunk - found in southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
  
• Gray-collared chipmunk - found in central and eastern Arizona and central and southwest New Mexico.
  
• Gray-footed chipmunk - found in the mountains of eastern New Mexico and western Texas.
  
• Yellow-pine chipmunk - found in the northwestern area of the United States and southwestern Canada.
  
• Alpine chipmunk - found exclusively in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of eastern and central California at altitudes of 7,500 to 12,500+ feet.
  

Acknowledgment:

• David E. Williams, 1994. Chipmunks: Prevention and control of wildlife damage. State Director. USDA-APHIS Animal Damage Control. Lincoln, Nebraska
  
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web