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--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) quadrivittatus
| Author: | Say, 1823. | | Citation: | In James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, 2: 45. | | Common Name: | Colorado Chipmunk | | Type Locality: | "[Arkansas River]...the place where the river leaves the mountains," Restricted by Merriam (1905:163) to about 26 mi. [42 km] below Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado [USA]. | | Distribution: | Mountains of Colorado and E Utah south to NE Arizona and S New Mexico (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as T. q. australis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included hopiensis, but see Patterson (1984:452), who regarded it a nomen dubium, and rufus, now considered distinct (Patterson, 1984); but see Hoffmeister and Ellis (1979). See also umbrinus. Reviewed by Best et al. (1994a, Mammalian Species No. 466). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
animosus (Warren, 1909)
australis (Patterson, 1980)
gracilis J. A. Allen, 1890
hopiensis Merriam, 1905
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