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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
| Author: | Bachman, 1839. | | Citation: | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 71. | | Common Name: | Least Chipmunk | | Type Locality: | "Green River, near mouth of Big Sandy Creek, [Sweetwater Co.,] Wyo[ming]." [USA]. | | Distribution: | C Yukon (Canada) south through Sierra Nevada and S New Mexico, east to Michigan (USA) and W Quebec (Canada). | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered as T. m. atristriatus, Vulnerable as T. m. selkirki, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Southern Rocky Mtn populations revised by Sullivan (1985). Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (2001, Mammalian Species No. 653). |
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