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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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SUBSPECIES umbrinus

SUBSPECIES adsitus

SUBSPECIES fremonti

SUBSPECIES inyoensis

SUBSPECIES montanus

SUBSPECIES nevadensis

SUBSPECIES sedulus

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