Communal denning of cliff chipmunks (Tamias dorsalis)

Allyssa L. Kilanowski; John L. Koprowski

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-61.3.248

Communal denning of cliff chipmunks (Tamias dorsalis)

Allyssa L. Kilanowski, John L. Koprowski

Natural Resources and the Environment, School of

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Rodents are a diverse group that display a range of social systems. Cliff chipmunks (Tamias dorsalis) are documented as solitary across their range; however, we report here observations of communal denning outside of the breeding season in southeastern Arizona. We radiocollared and tracked nursing females and their offspring to locate nocturnal dens from June to October 2013 and 2014. We observed codenning in juvenile siblings, and juveniles and adults. Our social denning observations indicate that cliff chipmunks demonstrate behavioral plasticity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	248-251
Number of pages	4
Journal	Southwestern Naturalist
Volume	61
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-61.3.248
State	Published - Sep 1 2016

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