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Tamias (Neotamias) durangae J. A. Allen 1903

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Tamias (Neotamias) durangae J. A. Allen 1903

Tamias (Neotamias) durangae J. A. Allen 1903, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 19: 594.

Type Locality: "Arroyo de Bucy, Sierra de Candella,...about 7,500 feet [2,134 m], northwestern Durango, Mexico.".

Vernacular Names: Durango Chipmunk.

Synonyms: Tamias (Neotamias) nexus Elliot 1905; Tamias (Neotamias) solivagus (A. H. Howell 1922).

Distribution: SW Chihuahua to WC Durango; SE Coahuila (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included in bulleri; includes solivagus; perhaps conspecific with canipes; see Callahan (1980), who considered both durangae and solivagus, incertae sedis. Reviewed by Best et al. (1993, Mammalian Species No. 437).

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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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Tamias
Species
durangae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tamias (Neotamias) durangae Allen, 1903 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Elliot, D. G. 1905. A checklist of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Field Columbian Museum, Publication 105, Zoological Series, 6: 1 - 761.
  • Callahan, J. R. 1980. Taxonomic status of Eutamias bulleri. Southwestern Naturalist, 25: 1 - 8.