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SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) minimus

Author:Bachman, 1839.
Citation:J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 71.
Common Name:Least Chipmunk
Type Locality:"Green River, near mouth of Big Sandy Creek, [Sweetwater Co.,] Wyo[ming]." [USA].
Distribution:C Yukon (Canada) south through Sierra Nevada and S New Mexico, east to Michigan (USA) and W Quebec (Canada).
Status:IUCN – Critically Endangered as T. m. atristriatus, Vulnerable as T. m. selkirki, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Neotamias. Southern Rocky Mtn populations revised by Sullivan (1985). Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (2001, Mammalian Species No. 653).
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SUBSPECIES minimus

SUBSPECIES atristriatus

SUBSPECIES borealis

SUBSPECIES cacodemus

SUBSPECIES caniceps

SUBSPECIES caryi

SUBSPECIES confinis

SUBSPECIES consobrinus

SUBSPECIES grisescens

SUBSPECIES hudsonius

SUBSPECIES neglectus

SUBSPECIES operarius

SUBSPECIES oreocetes

SUBSPECIES pallidus

SUBSPECIES pictus

SUBSPECIES scrutator

SUBSPECIES selkirki

SUBSPECIES silvaticus

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