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--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) canipes
Author: | V. Bailey, 1902. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 117. | Common Name: | Gray-footed Chipmunk | Type Locality: | "Guadalupe Mts" [Culberson Co., Texas, USA]. Restricted by A. H. Howell (1929:101) to head of Dog Canyon, 7,000 ft [2,130 m]. | Distribution: | Mountains of SE New Mexico and W Texas (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Elevated from subspecies of cinereicollis by Fleharty (1960). Reviewed by Findley et al. (1975:103-112), and by Best et al. (1992, Mammalian Species No. 411). |
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