Tamias striatus (rodent)

Mass: 113 g based on Layne 1958 and Lindsay 1960

Diet: frugivore-insectivore based on Wrazen and Svendsen 1978

Abundance: 0.05 to 45.89% (median 0.88%)

Latitudinal range: 30.3° to 50.0°

Habitats: (27), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (15), temperate coniferous forest (1)

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Found in 43 samples

Canada: Gogama, Kinmount, Birds Hill (Plot 1, 1979), Prince Edward Island National Park, Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, floated) (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (lower infill) (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (upper infill) (Holocene)

United States: Oak Ridge Reservation (hardwood forest), Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Gingercake Creek, Memphis, Glenn Dale, MacIntyre Development (forest habitats), Salt Pond Mountain, Fayette County, Raleigh-Durham, North of the Michigamme Reservoir, The Wilds, Harrodsburg Crevice (Late Pleistocene), Ripplemead (Late Pleistocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bluegrass (macro) (Holocene), Dust Cave (Zones T and U) (Holocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Mykut Rockshelter (Holocene), Hobson Site (Holocene), Itasca Bison Site (Holocene), Pine Hill (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (logs, feature), Granite Cave (Holocene), Cumberland Cave (Middle Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass115.9 gN = 7Layne 1958
body mass105.4 gN = 3Lindsay 1960
ear length18.7 mmN = 7Layne 1958
hind foot length36.0 mmN = 7Layne 1958
tail length92.3 mmN = 7Layne 1958
total body length258.6 mmN = 7Layne 1958

See also Tamias, Tamias sp., Tamias urialis