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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) merriami
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1889. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 176. | | Common Name: | Merriam's Chipmunk | | Type Locality: | "San Bernardino Mts" [N of San Bernardino, 4,500 feet (1,372 m), San Bernardino Co., California, USA]. | | Distribution: | San Francisco Bay southward in the Coast Range, and south of Columbia (California, USA) in the Sierra Nevada, to extreme N Baja California (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included meridionalis and obscurus; see Callahan (1977). See also comment under obscurus. Reviewed by Best and Granai (1994a, Mammalian Species No. 476), and Larson (1981-1987). |
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