Red-tailed chipmunks sandbathe to clean their fur, rolling and rubbing, sometimes half-buried in sand. They are rarely seen outside their burrows on cold winter days, but in the spring they are out and about, eating seedlings, leaves, and flowers on the forest floor and also foraging in trees. Learn more about the Tamias ruficaudus, more commonly known as a Red-tailed Chipmunk, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

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• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional