Neotamias
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Neotamias is a genus
of chipmunk
s within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel
family. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America. Along with Eutamias
, this genus is often considered a subgenus of Tamias.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of chipmunk
Chipmunk
Chipmunks are small striped squirrels native to North America and Asia. They are usually classed either as a single genus with three subgenera, or as three genera.-Etymology and taxonomy:...
s within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel
Squirrel
Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia...
family. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America. Along with Eutamias
Eutamias
Eutamias is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. It includes a single living species, the Siberian chipmunk . The genus is often treated as a subgenus of Tamias, which is now restricted to the eastern chipmunk of North America...
, this genus is often considered a subgenus of Tamias.
Species
- Alpine chipmunkAlpine ChipmunkThe alpine chipmunk is a species of chipmunk native to the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada of California. They have been observed at altitudes from around 2,300 meters to 3,900 meters , though they rarely occur below 2,500 meters .- Description :They have a...
, Neotamias alpinus - Yellow-pine chipmunkYellow-pine ChipmunkThe yellow-pine chipmunk is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Canada and the United States....
Neotamias amoenus - Buller's chipmunkBuller's ChipmunkThe Buller's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to Mexico....
, Neotamias bulleri - Gray-footed chipmunkGray-footed ChipmunkThe gray-footed chipmunk is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to New Mexico and Texas in the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests....
, Neotamias canipes - Gray-collared chipmunkGray-collared ChipmunkThe gray-collared chipmunk is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Arizona and New Mexico in the United States....
, Neotamias cinereicollis - Cliff chipmunkCliff ChipmunkThe cliff chipmunk 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. Cliff chipmunks are very agile, and can often be seen scaling steep cliff walls. Cliff chipmunks do not amass...
, Neotamias dorsalis - Durango chipmunkDurango ChipmunkThe Durango chipmunk is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to Mexico....
, Neotamias durangae - Merriam's chipmunkMerriam's ChipmunkMerriam's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in central and southern California. in the United States and a small area in northern Baja California, Mexico....
, Neotamias merriami - Least chipmunkLeast ChipmunkThe least chipmunk is the smallest chipmunk in North America. It is also the most widespread species of chipmunk in North America occurring across north-central and western United States and from British Columbia and southern Yukon to western Quebec in Canada...
, Neotamias minimus - California chipmunkCalifornia ChipmunkThe California chipmunk 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....
, Neotamias obscurus - Yellow-cheeked chipmunkYellow-cheeked ChipmunkThe yellow-cheeked chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the areas near the coast of northern California in the United States....
, Neotamias ochrogenys - Palmer's chipmunkPalmer's ChipmunkPalmer's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is only found in the Spring Mountains of Clark County, Nevada in the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Neotamias palmeri - Panamint chipmunkPanamint ChipmunkThe Panamint chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to desert mountain areas of southeast California and southwest Nevada in the United States....
, Neotamias panamintinus - Long-eared chipmunkLong-eared ChipmunkThe long-eared chipmunk , 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 Mountains of California and Nevada in the United States...
, Neotamias quadrimaculatus - Colorado chipmunkColorado ChipmunkThe Colorado chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.-References:...
, Neotamias quadrivittatus - Red-tailed chipmunkRed-tailed ChipmunkThe red-tailed chipmunk is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada and Montana, Idaho and Washington in the United States....
, Neotamias ruficaudus - Hopi chipmunkHopi chipmunkThe Hopi chipmunk 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....
, Neotamias rufus - Allen's chipmunkAllen's ChipmunkAllen's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the United States. The main populations are found in California, specifically the humid forests of the mountainous areas of Northern California including the Northern Coastal Range of California, the Trinity Alps,...
, Neotamias senex - Siskiyou chipmunkSiskiyou ChipmunkThe Siskiyou chipmunk is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northern California and central Oregon in the United States....
, Neotamias siskiyou - Sonoma chipmunkSonoma ChipmunkThe Sonoma chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northwestern California in the United States....
Neotamias sonomae - Lodgepole chipmunkLodgepole ChipmunkThe Lodgepole chipmunk is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in the U.S. state of California at elevations from .-External links:*...
, Neotamias speciosus - Townsend's chipmunkTownsend's ChipmunkTownsend's chipmunk is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from British Columbia through western Washington and Oregon. A large chipmunk, adults can be from nose to tail...
, Neotamias townsendii - Uinta chipmunkUinta ChipmunkThe Uinta chipmunk, Neotamias umbrinus, is a species of Chipmunk, a rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the United States.-Habitat:...
Neotamias umbrinus