Neotamias panamintinus

(C. H. Merriam, 1893)

Panamint 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.

Original name as described

Tamias panamintinus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:27603 (= USNM:MAMM:A39702)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Johnson Canon…Panamint Mountains, [Inyo County,] California." USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NV,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

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