To: BOB LOTSPEICH
Subject: squirrels
BL> SP> We commonly call ground squirrels- chipmunks. They are smaller than
BL> SP> regular squirrels, with attractive stripes on face and body and when
BL> SP> in a hurry, their tails stand straight up . Sometimes that tail is
BL> SP> the only clue that we have to the small animals running away from us,
BL> SP> because we can't see them clearly.
BL>Not to be a smartie, Sandra, but ground squirrels and chipmunks are
BL>two different critters, and live in different environments...
  And what is called a ground squirrel in one place doesn't even exist
  in another. Anyway, Bob, you prodded me into looking it up, just to
  make sure I wasn't passing on false information. (I hate getting it;
  so I had better not give it! :-)) My RD North American Wildlife guide
  under "Eastern Chipmunk" says (pg 55) -Chipmunks are ground-dwelling
  squirrels.
  There is also the Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel , or Federation
  Squirrel, but I don't recall seeing one. It is undoubtedly south of
  Canada.
  So, we're both right - even though the same name means different
  things to us.  :-)
                    ...Sandra...
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