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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou
| Author: | A. H. Howell, 1922. | | Citation: | J. Mammal., 3: 180. | | Common Name: | Siskiyou Chipmunk | | Type Locality: | "Near summit of White Mountain, Siskiyou Mountains, altitude 6,000 feet [1,829 m], [Siskiyou Co.,] California" [USA]. | | Distribution: | Siskiyou Mtns and coast of N California to C Oregon (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Elevated from a subspecies of townsendii by Sutton and Nadler (1974); distinction supported by Kain (1985), Sutton (1987), and Gannon and Lawlor (1989). |
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