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Tamias obscurus J. A. Allen 1890

Description

Tamias obscurus J. A. Allen, 1890. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:70.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Baja California, Sierra San Pedro Martir, near Vallecitos.

DISTRIBUTION: S. California (San Bernardino Co., U.S. A.) to C. Baja California (Mexico).

COMMENT: Regarded by Howell, 1929, as a synonym of merriami; but see Callahan, 1977, J. Mammal., 58: 188-201, who provided evidence of specific distinctness and included meridionalis and davisi in this species.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 1), pp. 345-382 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 374, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353023

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Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Tamias
Species
obscurus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tamias obscurus Allen, 1890 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982