Other wildlife include gray squirrels, eastern chipmunks, and eastern cottontails, along with some nocturnal species.

Island mammals include coyote, beaver, white-tailed deer, and eastern chipmunk.

The eastern chipmunk hibernates in the winter, while western chipmunks do not, relying on the stores in their burrows.

Smaller mammals include groundhogs, red squirrels, eastern chipmunks, American martens, and snowshoe hares.

To hide the construction of its burrow, the eastern chipmunk carries dirt to a different location in its cheek pouches.

The eastern chipmunk defends its burrow and lives a solitary life, except during mating season.

On average, eastern chipmunks live three or more years in the wild, but in captivity they may live as long as eight years.

Wintergreen is a favorite food of the eastern chipmunk, and the leaves are a minor winter food of the gray squirrel in Virginia.

But, as studies of the eastern chipmunk have shown, all is far from perfect in the world of food hoarders.

Small mammals eat the nuts and leaves; 5 to 10 percent of the diet of eastern chipmunks is hickory nuts.