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Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus J. A. Allen 1890

Description

Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus J. A. Allen 1890

Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus J. A. Allen 1890, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3: 90.

Type Locality: "Fort Klamath, [Klamath Co.,] Oregon." [USA].

Vernacular Names: Yellow-pine Chipmunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. amoenus J. A. Allen 1890

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. affinis J. A. Allen 1890

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. albiventris Booth 1947

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. canicaudus Merriam 1903

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. caurinus Merriam 1898

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. celeris Hall and Johnson 1940

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. cratericus Blossom 1937

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. felix Rhoads 1895

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. ludibundus Hollister 1911

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. luteiventris J. A. Allen 1890

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. monoensis Grinnell and Storer 1916

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. ochraceus A. H. Howell 1925

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. septentrionalis Cowan 1946

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus subsp. vallicola A. H. Howell 1922

Distribution: C British Columbia (Canada) south to C California east to C Montana and W Wyoming (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Reviewed by Sutton (1992, Mammalian Species No. 390). DNA variation and introgressive hybridization between T. amoenus and T. ruficaudus reported by Good et al. (2003) and Demboski and Sullivan (2003).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 813, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Tamias
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Species
amoenus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tamias (Neotamias) amoenus Allen, 1890 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Hollister, N. 1911. A systematic synopsis of the muskrats. North American Fauna, 32: 1 - 47.
  • Sutton, D. A. 1992. Tamias amoenus. Mammalian Species, 390: 1 - 8.
  • Good, J. M., J. R. Dembowski, D. W. Nagorsen, and J. Sullivan. 2003. Phylogeography and introgressive hybridization: Chipmunks (Genus Tamias) in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Evolution, 57: 1900 - 1916.
  • Demboski, J. R., and J. Sullivan. 2003. Extensive mtDNA variation within the yellow-pine chipmunk, Tamias amoenus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), and phylogeographic inferences for northwest North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 26: 389 - 408.