DCHP-1 Online
striped squirrel Obs. 
any one of several small striped rodents, resembling squirrels, of the family Sciuridae.
See also: chipmunk
- a1820 (1838) I shot . . . a striped squirrel, a harmless little creature, somewhat less than the English squirrel.
- 1793 (1933) The . . . following animals are native of it [the Assiniboine River country] . . . Grizzly . . . large ground squirrels of two kinds . . . Kits, the common red wood squirrel, and the striped Swiss. . . .
- 1812 (1889) There are . . . no great number of bears, and those mostly black, with a few brown; few otters and striped squirrels.
- a1820 (1838) I shot . . . a striped squirrel, a harmless little creature, somewhat less than the English squirrel.