FACTS OF INTEREST:

• The 16 species of chipmunk are distributed across North America and northern Asia in woodland areas.
  
• Chipmunks dig a complicated system of underground burrows that extend down several feet into the soil and contain storerooms, a nest and many connecting tunnels.
  
• Chipmunks can carry seven chestnuts in one trip, three in each cheek pouch and one in their mouth.
  
• A chipmunk's winter cache of nuts, seeds and grains is very large, since they don't really hibernate but must eat all winter.