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Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou A. H. Howell 1922

Description

Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou A. H. Howell 1922

Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou A. H. Howell 1922, J. Mammal., 3: 180.

Type Locality: "Near summit of White Mountain, Siskiyou Mountains, altitude 6,000 feet [1,829 m], [Siskiyou Co.,] California " [USA].

Vernacular Names: Siskiyou Chipmunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou subsp. siskiyou A. H. Howell 1922

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou subsp. humboldti Sutton and Patterson 2000

Distribution: Siskiyou Mtns and coast of N California to C Oregon (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Elevated from a subspecies of townsendii by Sutton and Nadler (1974); distinction supported by Kain (1985), Sutton (1987), and Gannon and Lawlor (1989).

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 817, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. H. Howell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Tamias
Species
siskiyou
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tamias (Neotamias) siskiyou Howell, 1922 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Sutton, D. A., and C. F. Nadler. 1974. Systematic revision of three Townsend chipmunks (Eutamias townsendii). Southwestern Naturalist, 19: 199 - 211.
  • Kain, D. E. 1985. The systematic status of Eutamias ochrogenys and Eutamias senex (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Unpubl. M. A. thesis, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 67 pp.
  • Sutton, D. A. 1987. Analysis of Pacific Coast Townsend chipmunks (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Southwestern Naturalist, 32: 371 - 376.
  • Gannon, W. L., and T. E. Lawlor. 1989. Variation of the chip vocalization of three species of Townsend chipmunks (genus Eutamias). Journal of Mammalogy, 70: 740 - 753.