Chipmunk vs Squirrel

Did you know these were two different animals?  I really though they were interchangeable, but I found out this weekend that they are indeed two different animals.  I present you:

Chipmunk

Squirrel

Disney had it right.  Chip and Dale are definitely chipmunks and not squirrels.  How did I find this out?  I got a phone call Saturday night from a friend.  She sounded very defeated that she had been battling with a chipmunk for three hours.  Her cat brought it into her house and she managed to trap it in the bathroom.

I came over to help rid her of her fuzzy new roommate.  We strategized and traded intel on said chipmunk.  I kept calling it a squirrel since I hadn't seen it yet and in my mind, it was a squirrel.  I jumped into the bathroom, shut the door behind me, and met the chipmunk.

It's a cute little creature and I yelled and screamed and tried to trap it in a cardboard box all the while trying not to step on it.  Those suckers are fast!  After maybe 10 minutes, I got it into the box, snapped it shut, and transported it outside to release it back into the wild.  I should have had the presence of mind to snap a picture of it, but I was set on my task of chipmunk capturing.

We then proceeded to El Vaquero for some victory margaritas!