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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) obscurus
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1890. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3: 70. | | Common Name: | California Chipmunk | | Type Locality: | "San Pedro [Martir] Mountains" [near Vallecitos, Baja California Norte, Mexico]. | | Distribution: | S California (San Bernardino Co., USA) to C Baja California (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Regarded by A. H. Howell (1929) as a synonym of merriami; but see Callahan (1977) who provided evidence of specific distinctness and included davisi and meridionalis in this species. Reviewed by Best and Granai (1994b, Mammalian Species No. 472). |
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