The Colorado chipmunk occurs in the southwestern United States, including Colorado and Utah. It forages on the ground and around logs, and stores food.
The body is orange to cinnamon. Three central black back stripes are edged in yellow-orange, with brown outer stripes; the underside is pale.
It forages on the ground and among rocks and logs, and also climbs trees. It stores seeds and hibernates in winter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.