Neotamias minimus

(Bachman, 1839)

Least 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

Bachman, J. 1839. Description of several new species of American quadrupeds. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(1):57-74.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623041

Original name as described

Tamias minimus

Other common names

Peñasco Least Chipmunk · Selkirk Least Chipmunk

Type material

ANSP 248

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Green River, near mouth of Big Sandy Creek," Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(MI,ND,WY,OR,AZ,WI,ID,MN,NE,NV,SD,UT,NM,WA,MT,CA,CO)

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/1001746

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Eutamias lectus

(J. A. Allen, 1905)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28727

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28727

Authority page

117

Authority publication

The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Science Bulletin

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias minimus

(Bachman, 1839)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 248

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623041

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Allen (1896:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Eutamias minimus hudsonius

(R. M. Anderson & Rand, 1944)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hudsonius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 14786

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28009365

Authority publication

The Canadian Field-Naturalist

Eutamias minimus selkirki

(Cowan, 1946)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

selkirki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 34512

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566259

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Eutamias minimus silvaticus

(J. A. White, 1952)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

silvaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:20050

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=90dc7bce-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715315

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Tamias quadrivittatus neglectus

(J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:1575

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:1575

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Tamias minimus chuskaensis

(Sullivan & Petersen, 1988)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chuskaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSB:Mamm:57945

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:57945

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, The Museum of Southwestern Biology

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Eutamias minimus scrutator

(E. R. Hall & Hatfield, 1934)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

scrutator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:27352

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:27352

Authority page

321

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Tamias quadrivitatus var. pallidus

(J. A. Allen, 1874)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:11656 (= USNM:MAMM:A38311)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3467af955-7d04-474d-818e-aa296d664006

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41807569

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Eutamias atristriatus

(V. O. Bailey, 1913)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

atristriatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:119028

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2e17fc0-c19b-4582-a547-43d02e2655af

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337935

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Eutamias amoenus operarius

(C. H. Merriam, 1905)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

operarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:129808

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ab3176bb-86e1-47a1-a8f5-51ebdde84e87

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265632

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Eutamias pallidus cacodemus

(Cary, 1906)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cacodemus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:138737

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/361ce7d0a-c551-47f3-844e-13fef77ab345

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348013

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Eutamias minimus caryi

(C. H. Merriam, 1908)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:150740

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a12a764c-af10-4a79-9e9a-5619c0f3381a

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334071

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Eutamias minimus confinis

(A. H. Howell, 1925)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

confinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:168957

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/327dc5609-87d0-4770-97f9-40b342e04d01

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Tamias minimus consobrinus

(J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

consobrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186456

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37fb10f00-0497-4a16-9edd-52d1bbde6bd5

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1896:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus pictus

(J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186459

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/372a84ce7-85c8-43f3-bfc1-923e178686f5

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Eutamias minimus arizonensis

(A. H. Howell, 1922)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

arizonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:205869

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33e224a6e-012a-4de6-9291-635272e07b91

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52846051

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Eutamias consobrinus clarus

(V. O. Bailey, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

clarus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:227313

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3905de09a-fae1-41c9-820b-4621c4965636

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3331996

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Eutamias minimus jacksoni

(A. H. Howell, 1925)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:227423

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34dabaaea-7735-4b86-b195-217f6970f5c1

Authority page

53

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias minimus melanurus

(C. H. Merriam, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:23048 (= USNM:MAMM:A30494)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c7cece7a-59a8-451c-b182-971820a24558

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799813

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias asiaticus Var. borealis

(J. A. Allen, 1877)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:6506

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d5ccadde-03c7-4cad-bde1-d2af6783fdf6

Authority page

793

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001587

Authority publication

book

Name usages

True (1885:593, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Eutamias oreocetes

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oreocetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:72468

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33131d3c6-bda2-478c-818f-fc7552e93444

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3942337

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Eutamias caniceps

(Osgood, 1900)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:99200

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cb61710d-6333-4e2d-8c74-838ddd72348d

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800085

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Tamias asiaticus pallidus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

593

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306387

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:593, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Tamias quadrivittatus borealis

(J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Eutamias minimus

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806044

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)

Eutamias minimus pictus

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806044

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Tamias minimus atristriatus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

atristriatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias minimus borealis

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus cacodemus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cacodemus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus caniceps

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus caryi

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias minimus confinis

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

confinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias minimus hudsonius

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hudsonius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus minimus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus neglectus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamias minimus operarius

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

operarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus oreocetes

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oreocetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus pallidus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus scrutator

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

scrutator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus selkirki

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

selkirki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias minimus silvaticus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

silvaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Neotamias minimus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minimus

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 #400000316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42572/115190804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tamias minimus arizonensis

(D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

arizonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

784

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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