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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis
Author: | Baird, 1855. | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 332. | Common Name: | Cliff Chipmunk | Type Locality: | "Fort Webster, Coppermines of the Mimbres" Restricted by A. H. Howell (1929:131) to near present site of Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico. | Distribution: | E Nevada, S Idaho, Utah, SW Wyoming, and NW Colorado south through Arizona and W New Mexico (USA) to NW Durango, W Coahuila, and coastal Sonora (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Reviewed by Callahan and Davis (1977) who included sonoriensis in this species, and by Hart (1992, Mammalian Species No. 399). |
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