Neotamias speciosus

(C. H. Merriam in J. A. Allen, 1890)

Lodgepole 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

Allen, J.A. 1890-06. A review of some of the North American ground squirrels of the genus Tamias. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3(4):45-116.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1661

Original name as described

Tamias speciosus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186462

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3530208cf-737d-408f-98d9-6ad483479d25

Type locality

"San Bernardino Mts., [San Bernardino Co.], Cal[ifornia, USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,NV)

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/1001759

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 frater

(J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-571, AMNH MS-1308

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1308

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Tamias speciosus

(C. H. Merriam in J. A. Allen, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

speciosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186462

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3530208cf-737d-408f-98d9-6ad483479d25

Authority page

86

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:375, 376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Eutamias speciosus sequoiensis

(A. H. Howell, 1922)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sequoiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:30899 (= USNM:MAMM:A42799)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30d9146d8-43a9-4b82-ac32-2ec46ebaf7ea

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52846053

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Tamias callipeplus

(C. H. Merriam, 1893)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

callipeplus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:31299 (= USNM:MAMM:A43164)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39aa2896f-76a6-4712-beab-00f650a6dcd7

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256473

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Eutamias speciosus

(Orr, 1949)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

speciosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority publication

San Francisco

Name usages

Orr (1949:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)

Tamias speciosus callipeplus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

callipeplus

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 (2016:790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias speciosus frater

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tamias speciosus sequoiensis

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sequoiensis

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 (2016:790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tamias speciosus speciosus

(Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

speciosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Neotamias speciosus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

speciosus

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 #400000328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42582/115191427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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