Neotamias alpinus

(C. H. Merriam, 1893)

Alpine Chipmunk

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Tamiini
Genus : Neotamias

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1893-12-28. Descriptions of eight new ground squirrels of the genera Spermophilus and Tamias from California, Texas, and Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 8:129-138.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256474

Original name as described

Tamias alpinus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:30507 (= USNM:MAMM:A42491)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a718548a-6dfb-473e-b057-2d674dce112b

Type locality

"Big Cottonwood Meadows,…just south of Mount Whitney, altitude 3,050 meters or 10,000 feet," Tulare County, California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

Taxonomy notes

moved from Tamias to Neotamias

Taxonomy notes citation

Patterson, B. D., & Norris, R. W. (2016). Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks. Mammalia, 80(3), 241-251.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001738

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tamias alpinus

(C. H. Merriam, 1893)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:30507 (= USNM:MAMM:A42491)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a718548a-6dfb-473e-b057-2d674dce112b

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256474

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Eutamias alpinus

(J. C. Moore, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)

Neotamias alpinus

B. D. Patterson & R. W. Norris, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Patterson & Norris (2016:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32186)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42568/22266784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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