''Neotamias'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
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. ...
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 r ...
'', 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
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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 ...
, ''Neotamias alpinus''
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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''
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Buller's chipmunk, ''Neotamias bulleri''
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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 ha ...
, ''Neotamias canipes''
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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 ...
, ''Neotamias cinereicollis''
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Cliff chipmunk, ''Neotamias dorsalis''
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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 ...
, ''Neotamias durangae''
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Merriam's chipmunk, ''Neotamias merriami''
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Least chipmunk, ''Neotamias minimus''
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California chipmunk, ''Neotamias obscurus''
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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 inhab ...
, ''Neotamias ochrogenys''
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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 ...
, ''Neotamias palmeri''
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Panamint chipmunk, ''Neotamias panamintinus''
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Long-eared chipmunk, ''Neotamias quadrimaculatus''
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Colorado chipmunk, ''Neotamias quadrivittatus''
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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''
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Hopi chipmunk, ''Neotamias rufus''
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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. ...
, ''Neotamias senex''
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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 ...
, ''Neotamias siskiyou''
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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''
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Lodgepole chipmunk, ''Neotamias speciosus''
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Townsend's chipmunk, ''Neotamias townsendii''
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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
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