Description: Alpine Chipmunk (Tamias alpinus) are small, gray squirrels with dark and light stripes on the face and back. On the back, the outer dark stripes are reddish, while the inner strips are blackish. The head and body are about 4-inches long, and the tail is about 3 inches long. There might be a bit or orange on the sides.

This species lives in the high Sierra Nevada mountains of California at treeline and above. Look for this species while hiking in Yosemite.

In the Las Vegas area, only chipmunks have stripes on the face, and chipmunks are equally at home on the ground and in the trees.