chipmunk

From the religious (‘The Holly and the Ivy’) to the secular (‘The Chipmunk Song’), my top 20.

The British rapper, better known as Chipmunk, posted a melancholy message a few weeks ago to his followers on Twitter.

The Asiatic chipmunk was first described, under the name Sciurus sibiricus, by Laxmann (1769:69).

Say (1823:45) described Sciurus quadrivittatus, the first species of chipmunk known from western North America.

Illiger (1811:83) proposed Tamias as the generic name of the chipmunk of eastern North America.

The animals who wanted day all the time, and those who wanted day and night, also became quiet,—all except the chipmunk.

Ever since this council, and the little chipmunk called so long and loud for "light and night," we have had day and night.