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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1890. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3: 96. | | Common Name: | Uinta Chipmunk | | Type Locality: | "Uintah Mountains, south of Ft. Bridger" Restricted by A. H. Howell (1929:94) to Blacks Fork, about 8,000 ft. [2,438 m], Summit Co., Utah [USA]. | | Distribution: | E California and N Arizona to N Colorado, SE and NW Wyoming, and extreme SW Montana (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered as T. u. nevadensis, Data Deficient as T. u. sedulus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Bergstrom and Hoffmann (1991) found species-specific vocalizations, habitats, and bacular characters in sympatric umbrinus and quadrivittatus, but convergence in electromorphs. |
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