Chipmunks are in the genus Tamias which is greek for 'storer' which they do by collecting and storing their food in the autumn to last them thru the winter. Their burrows can be more than 10 feet long and I find interesting that where they sleep - they keep extremely clean - they have separate tunnels for pottying.
Curious about the chipmunk genus Tamias - I did a bible search on the word. Thru the website http://www.searchgodsword.org/ I found that a contraction of the greek word is used four times in the New Testament - the greek work Tameion. It has been translated into english as storage chamber, inner chamber, secret room. In Luke 12:24, "Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom (Tameion) nor barn and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds."
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