Neotamias quadrivittatus

(Say in James, 1823)

Colorado 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

James, E. 1823. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Vol. II. H. C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia, 442 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216991

Original name as described

Sciurus quadrivittatus

Type locality

"[Arkansas River]…the place where the river leaves the mountains." Restricted by C. H. Merriam in 1905 to about 26 mi. [42 km] below Cañon City, Fremont County, Colorado.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ,OK,NM,CO,UT)

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/1001752

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 quadrivittatus oscuraensis

(Sullivan, 1996)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oscuraensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMMNH 2201

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

970

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Eutamias quadrivittatus animosus

(E. R. Warren, 1909)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

animosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:154163

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33f8e9c56-bad2-466b-aced-4ceea69fbd41

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3330066

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Tamias quadrivittatus gracilis

(J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:17144 (= USNM:MAMM:A24077)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bf1be374-19e4-497d-8ee0-3b4226fc6068

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Eutamias quadrivittatus australis

(B. D. Patterson, 1980)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:530290

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39d0a33bd-9073-4327-bc85-6ff257403a25

Authority page

460

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Eutamias hopiensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1905)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hopiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:67768

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/307b6a886-51a5-4e63-9702-572e66c19dcd

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265633

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Tamia quadrivittata

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quadrivittata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207699

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Tamias quadrivittatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quadrivittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Allen (1896:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias asiaticus quadivittatus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quadivittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

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)

Eutamias quadrivittatus

(J. C. Moore, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quadrivittatus

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 quadrivittatus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quadrivittatus

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 #400000322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42576/115191051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tamias quadrivittatus australis

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

791

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus quadrivittatus

(Say in James, 1823)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quadrivittatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216991

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Godman (1826:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)

Tamias quadrivitatus

(J. A. Allen, 1874)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quadrivitatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41807561

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

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