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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) ochrogenys
Author: | Merriam, 1897. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 195, 206. | Common Name: | Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk | Type Locality: | "Mendocino, [Mendocino Co.,] California." [USA]. | Distribution: | Coast of N California from Van Duzen River south to S Sonoma Co. (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Elevated from subspecies of townsendii by Sutton and Nadler (1974); supported by Kain (1985), Sutton (1987), and Gannon and Lawlor (1989). Reviewed by Gannon et al. (1993, Mammalian Species No. 445). |
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