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Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis Baird 1855

Description

Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis Baird 1855

Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis Baird 1855, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 332.

Type Locality: "Fort Webster, Coppermines of the Mimbres" Restricted by A. H. Howell (1929:131) to near present site of Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico.

Vernacular Names: Cliff Chipmunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis subsp. dorsalis Baird 1855

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis subsp. carminis Goldman 1938

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis subsp. grinnelli Burt 1931

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis subsp. nidoensis Lidicker 1960

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis subsp. sonoriensis Callahan and Davis 1977

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis subsp. utahensis Merriam 1897

Distribution: E Nevada, S Idaho, Utah, SW Wyoming, and NW Colorado south through Arizona and W New Mexico (USA) to NW Durango, W Coahuila, and coastal Sonora (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Reviewed by Callahan and Davis (1977) who included sonoriensis in this species, and by Hart (1992, Mammalian Species No. 399).

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 814, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Baird
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Tamias
Species
dorsalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis Baird, 1855 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Lidicker, W. Z., Jr. 1960. An analysis of intraspecific variation in the kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami. University of California Publications in Zoology, 67: 125 - 218.
  • Callahan, J. R., and R. Davis. 1977. A new subspecies of the cliff chipmunk from coastal Sonora. Southwestern Naturalist, 22: 67 - 75.
  • Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.
  • Hart, E. B. 1992. Tamias dorsalis. Mammalian Species, 399: 1 - 6.