''Neotamias'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

chipmunk Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of the family Sciuridae. Chipmunks are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia. Taxonomy and systematics Chipmunks may be classified either as ...

s within the tribe Marmotini of the

squirrel Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...

family. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America. Along with ''

Eutamias ''Eutamias'' is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. It includes a single living species, the Siberian chipmunk (''Eutamias sibiricus''). The genus is often treated as a subgenus of ''Tamias'', which is now res ...

'', this genus is often considered a subgenus of ''

Tamias ''Tamias'' is a genus of chipmunks in the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. The genus includes a single living species, the eastern chipmunk (''Tamias striatus''). The genus name ''Tamias'' ( el, ταμίας) means "treasurer", "steward", ...

''.

Species

Alpine chipmunk The alpine chipmunk (''Neotamias alpinus'') is a species of chipmunk native to the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada of California. Description Alpine chipmunks share the typical pattern of genus ''Neotamias'', being gray-brown overall and ...

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Yellow-pine chipmunk The yellow-pine chipmunk (''Neotamias amoenus'') is a species of order Rodentia in the family Sciuridae. It is found in western North America: parts of Canada and the United States. These chipmunks are normally found in brush-covered areas, and ...

''Neotamias amoenus'' *

Buller's chipmunk Buller's chipmunk (''Neotamias bulleri'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is ...

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Gray-footed chipmunk The gray-footed chipmunk (''Neotamias canipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to New Mexico and in the Sierra Diablo and Guadalupe Mountains in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas in the United States. Its natural hab ...

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Gray-collared chipmunk The gray-collared chipmunk (''Neotamias cinereicollis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. Description The gray-collared chipmunk grows to a total length of about inclu ...

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Cliff chipmunk The cliff chipmunk (''Neotamias dorsalis'') is a small, bushy-tailed squirrel that typically lives along cliff walls or boulder fields bordering Pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Western United States and Mexico (commonly spotted in northern Arizo ...

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Durango chipmunk The Durango chipmunk (''Neotamias durangae'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico. Distribution This species has a disjunct distribution, with populations in the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Orient ...

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Merriam's chipmunk Merriam's chipmunk (''Neotamias merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in central and southern California in the United States and a small area in northern Baja California, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), ...

, ''Neotamias merriami'' *

Least chipmunk The least chipmunk (''Neotamias minimus'') is the smallest species of chipmunk and the most widespread in North America. Description It is the smallest species of chipmunk, measuring about in total length with a weight of . The body is gray to ...

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California chipmunk The California chipmunk or chaparral chipmunk (''Neotamias obscurus'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is found in Baja California, Mexico and in southern California in the United States The United States of A ...

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Yellow-cheeked chipmunk The yellow-cheeked chipmunk (''Neotamias ochrogenys''), also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to areas near the coast of northern California in the United States where it inha ...

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Palmer's chipmunk Palmer's chipmunk (''Neotamias palmeri'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Nevada. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description Palmer's chipmunk resembles other chipmunks in ...

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Panamint chipmunk The Panamint chipmunk (''Neotamias panamintinus'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is Endemism, endemic to desert mountain areas of southeast California and southwest Nevada in the United States. It is considered a s ...

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Long-eared chipmunk The long-eared chipmunk (''Neotamias quadrimaculatus''), also called the Sacramento chipmunk or the four-banded chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to the central and northern Sierra Nevada of Califor ...

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Colorado chipmunk The Colorado chipmunk (''Neotamias quadrivittatus'') is a species of chipmunk in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is Endemism, endemic to Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. Description It can be found most often in co ...

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Red-tailed chipmunk The red-tailed chipmunk (''Neotamias ruficaudus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada and Montana, Idaho and Washington in the United States. Description The red-tailed chipmunk ...

, ''Neotamias ruficaudus'' *

Hopi chipmunk The Hopi chipmunk, ''Neotamias rufus'', is a small chipmunk found in Colorado, Utah and Arizona in the southwestern United States. It was previously grouped with the Colorado chipmunk, ''T. quadrivittatus''. This species is listed as "Least Co ...

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Allen's chipmunk Allen's chipmunk (''Neotamias senex'') is a species of chipmunk. It is also known as the shadow chipmunk. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in California, Nevada, and Oregon. It is a common species of the Sierra Nevada. ...

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Siskiyou chipmunk The Siskiyou chipmunk (''Neotamias siskiyou'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northern California and central Oregon in the United States. Anatomy and morphology The Siskiyou chipmunk is closest in appearance ...

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Sonoma chipmunk The Sonoma chipmunk (''Neotamias sonomae'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northwestern California in the United States. Members of Neotamias are characterized by having 2 premolars. ''N. sonomae'' has ...

''Neotamias sonomae'' *

Lodgepole chipmunk The Lodgepole chipmunk (''Neotamias speciosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in the U.S. state of California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly ...

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Townsend's chipmunk Townsend's chipmunk (''Neotamias townsendii'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from extreme southwestern British Columbia through western Washington and ...

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Uinta chipmunk The Uinta chipmunk or hidden forest chipmunk (''Neotamias umbrinus''), is a species of chipmunk in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the United States. Formerly known as ''Tamias umbrinus'', phylogenetic studies have shown it to be sufficie ...

, ''Neotamias umbrinus''

References

*Musser, G. G.; Durden, L. A.; Holden, M. E.; and Light, J. E. (2010) "Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice." ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 339. *Piaggio, A. J. and Spicer, G. S. 2001. "Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunks inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences." ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 20: 335–350. Rodent genera {{ground-squirrel-stub