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That's a chipmunk, not a squirrel.

by a1k0n 10y ago

tikhonj 10y ago
I'm not an expert on squirrels, but that could be a ground squirrel[1] of some sort. Some varieties of ground squirrel look a lot like chipmunks. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_squirrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_squirrel
- brlewis 10y ago
  A quick search for "striped ground squirrel" turned up only one variety, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel. The animal in the photo has stripes like a chipmunk.
  - gmfawcett 10y ago
    Look for stripes on the face: without them, it's probably a squirrel. Both ground squirrels and chipmunks have body stripes, so the face is a better indicator. http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/chipmunk_vs_squirrel.html http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/chipmunk_vs_... http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-squirrel-and-chipmunk http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-squirre...
    - a1k0n 10y ago
      You're right, there's no stripes on its face. I stand corrected. Sadly, that was my most upvoted comment in ~9.5 years on this site.
      - eridius 10y ago
        Ahh, I was about to unvote you, but now I can't bear to do it. Keep my upvote.
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- mandarg 10y ago
  To my (admittedly untrained) eye, the picture looks a lot like an Indian palm squirrel (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Indian_Palm_Squirrel_DS.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Indian_P...) – which does have stripes on its back.
benduder 10y ago
Pretty sure it's a palm squirrel. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=palm+squirrel&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwies5nzpLfOAhWHtxQKHT4GBwsQ_AUICCgB&biw=1920&bih=1115 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=palm+squirrel&source=lnms&...
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leephillips 10y ago
All chipmunks are squirrels.
- gmfawcett 10y ago
  Family Sciuridae! So they are, I didn't know that.
- cgag 10y ago
  I'll be damned. This should be squirrel fact #1.
YPCrumble 10y ago
It's a webpage, not an image.
- mark-r 10y ago
  It's both! That's the whole point - the same sequence of bytes can be interpreted as either an HTML web page or a JPEG image, and the page itself demonstrates both at the same time.
__jal 10y ago
That's not a chipmunk. This is a chipmunk. http://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video_DEV/935/311/lemur_ringtailed_480x360.jpg http://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video_DEV/935/311/le...
33degrees 10y ago
A Chipmunk is a type of Squirrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel
naspinski 10y ago
My University's (Minnesota) mascot is a gopher, but the physical mascot is a chipmunk/squirrel (debated) name Goldy Gopher - but it's definitely not a gopher. These rodents can be confusing!
- ape4 10y ago
  Speaking of gopher... could this be a way to get images on gopher:// pages?

That's a chipmunk, not a squirrel.

by a1k0n 10y ago

That's a chipmunk, not a squirrel.

I'm not an expert on squirrels, but that could be a ground squirrel[1] of some sort. Some varieties of ground squirrel look a lot like chipmunks. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_squirrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_squirrel

brlewis 10y ago
A quick search for "striped ground squirrel" turned up only one variety, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel. The animal in the photo has stripes like a chipmunk.
- gmfawcett 10y ago
  Look for stripes on the face: without them, it's probably a squirrel. Both ground squirrels and chipmunks have body stripes, so the face is a better indicator. http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/chipmunk_vs_squirrel.html http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/chipmunk_vs_... http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-squirrel-and-chipmunk http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-squirre...
  - a1k0n 10y ago
    You're right, there's no stripes on its face. I stand corrected. Sadly, that was my most upvoted comment in ~9.5 years on this site.
    - eridius 10y ago
      Ahh, I was about to unvote you, but now I can't bear to do it. Keep my upvote.
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mandarg 10y ago
To my (admittedly untrained) eye, the picture looks a lot like an Indian palm squirrel (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Indian_Palm_Squirrel_DS.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Indian_P...) – which does have stripes on its back.

benduder 10y ago

Pretty sure it's a palm squirrel. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=palm+squirrel&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwies5nzpLfOAhWHtxQKHT4GBwsQ_AUICCgB&biw=1920&bih=1115 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=palm+squirrel&source=lnms&...

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leephillips 10y ago

All chipmunks are squirrels.

gmfawcett 10y ago
Family Sciuridae! So they are, I didn't know that.
cgag 10y ago
I'll be damned. This should be squirrel fact #1.

YPCrumble 10y ago

It's a webpage, not an image.

mark-r 10y ago
It's both! That's the whole point - the same sequence of bytes can be interpreted as either an HTML web page or a JPEG image, and the page itself demonstrates both at the same time.

__jal 10y ago

That's not a chipmunk. This is a chipmunk. http://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video_DEV/935/311/lemur_ringtailed_480x360.jpg http://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video_DEV/935/311/le...

33degrees 10y ago

A Chipmunk is a type of Squirrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel

naspinski 10y ago

My University's (Minnesota) mascot is a gopher, but the physical mascot is a chipmunk/squirrel (debated) name Goldy Gopher - but it's definitely not a gopher. These rodents can be confusing!

ape4 10y ago
Speaking of gopher... could this be a way to get images on gopher:// pages?