Neotamias rufus

(D. F. Hoffmeister & L. S. Ellis, 1979)

Hopi 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

Hoffmeister, D.F. and Ellis, L.S. 1979. Geographic variation in _Eutamias quadrivittatus_ with comments on the taxonomy of other Arizonan chipmunks. The Southwestern Naturalist 24(4):655-665.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3670524

Original name as described

Eutamias quadrivittatus rufus

Type material

MSB:Mamm:192163 (= UIMNH 31928)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:192163

Type locality

"10 mi SW Page, [Coconino County,] Arizona." USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CO,UT,AZ)

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/1001754

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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 quadrivittatus rufus

(D. F. Hoffmeister & L. S. Ellis, 1979)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSB:Mamm:192163 (= UIMNH 31928)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:192163

Authority page

656

Authority publication

The Southwestern Naturalist

Tamias rufus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rufus

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 (2016:791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Neotamias rufus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rufus

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 #400000324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42578/115191185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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