Uinta chipmunks favor open conifer forest and rocky outcrops at higher elevation than several of Montana’s other chipmunk species, and the high basin at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge sits close to the core of that preferred terrain in the state.
Records concentrate almost entirely from June through September, peaking in a tie between June and August, the short window when this day-active forager gathers seeds and pine nuts before winter hibernation. With just 48 records, all from GBIF rather than a photograph, this is one of the more thinly documented chipmunks in this rank range, and NatureServe rates it S4, apparently secure, in Montana.
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