Tamias (Neotamias) merriami J. A. Allen 1889
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Tamias (Neotamias) merriami J. A. Allen 1889
Tamias (Neotamias) merriami J. A. Allen 1889, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 176.
Type Locality: "San Bernardino Mts" [N of San Bernardino, 4,500 feet (1,372 m), San Bernardino Co., California, USA].
Vernacular Names: Merriam's Chipmunk.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. merriami J. A. Allen 1889
Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. kernensis Grinnell and Storer 1916
Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. pricei J. A. Allen 1895
Distribution: San Francisco Bay southward in the Coast Range, and south of Columbia (California, USA) in the Sierra Nevada, to extreme N Baja California (Mexico).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included meridionalis and obscurus; see Callahan (1977). See also comment under obscurus. Reviewed by Best and Granai (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 476), and Larson (1981-1987).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/91C4B717759630DB830679AF52629BE0 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/D0E03DA65B47D50DE8945611EA28915A (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231537912 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- J. A. Allen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Tamias
- Species
- merriami
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tamias (Neotamias) merriami Allen, 1889 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Best, T. L., and N. J. Granai. 1994 a. Tamias merriami. Mammalian Species, 476: 1 - 9.