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Tamias dorsalis Baird 1855

Description

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

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

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).

SYNONYMS: canescens (J. Allen, 1904); carminis (Goldman, 1938); grinnelli (Burt, 1931); nidoensis (Lidicker, 1960); sonoriensis (Callahan and Davis, 1977); utahensis (Merriam, 1897).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Reviewed by Callahan and Davis (1977) who included sonoriensis in this species and by Hart (1992, Mammalian Species, 399).

Notes

Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 453, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

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Scientific name authorship
Baird
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Tamias
Species
dorsalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tamias dorsalis Baird, 1855 sec. Hoffmann & Anderson, 1993

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.