Neotamias ruficaudus

(A. H. Howell, 1920)

Red-tailed 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

Howell, A.H. 1920-12-30. Description of a new chipmunk from Glacier National Park, Montana. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 33:91-92.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3330206

Original name as described

Eutamias ruficaudus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:72294

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/316860133-64e1-40c0-ba41-56ae01b74f37

Type locality

"Upper St. Mary's Lake, [Glacier County] Montana," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(ID,WA,MT)

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/1001753

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.

Eutamias ruficaudus simulans

(A. H. Howell, 1922)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

simulans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:28487 (= USNM:MAMM:A40591)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33aefa669-f3c0-42fe-98f3-fa34287df9e1

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52846052

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Eutamias ruficaudus

(A. H. Howell, 1920)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ruficaudus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:72294

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/316860133-64e1-40c0-ba41-56ae01b74f37

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3330206

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Tamias ruficaudus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ruficaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias ruficaudus ruficaudus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ruficaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tamias ruficaudus simulans

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

simulans

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 (2016:786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Neotamias ruficaudus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ruficaudus

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 #400000323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42577/22268024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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