Technical information

Common name : Corean squirrel, Japanese squirrel, striped Tamia, chipmunk, burunduk

Latin name : there are many, that depends on the specie :
Tamia striata for the american Eastern chipmunk , and Eutamia sibericus for the Corean squirrel, which is most often found in pet shops.
There are other species, of the genus Eutamia : Eutamia minimus, the smallest chipmunk ;the yellow chipmunk etc,...

Classification :
Class : Mammals
Order : Rodents
Sub order : Sciuromorphae
Family : Sciuridae

Physiology :
Temperature : 38-39.5°C
Heart rate : 300-500/min
Breath rate : 200/min
Total blood volume : 8mL/100g

Biology :
Lifespan : 5 to 12 years, average 8 years.
It is diurnal ; it can hibernate in captivity.
Weight : 70 to 120 g, females are on average a bit bigger than males
Lenght : 10 to 15 cm without the tail, almost as long as the body.
In the wild it lives in burrows in the ground.
It is omnivorous : it eats seeds, fruits, but also small insects, eggs, small baby birds,...
It has 4 fingers for its fore paws that it uses as hands and 5 fingers for the hind paws.

Reproduction :
Sexual maturity : 12 months for the males, 11 months for the females. In général, you must wait one year before reproduction.
Reproduction season : it begins in march ou april and continues for 2-3 months for tame animals.
Gestation length :from 29 to 32 days
There may be from 3 to 6 youngs by litter, and one to two litters per year. The youngs are hairless and blind. They are weaned around 4 or 5 weeks of age.