Neotamias cratericus
(Blossom, 1937)
Crater 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
Authority citation
Blossom, P.M. 1937. Description of a race of chipmunk from south central Idaho. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 366:1-3.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56805Original name as described
Eutamias amoenus cratericus
Type material
UMMZ 78001
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Grassy Cone, Craters of the Moon National Monument, 6000 ft. 26 mi. SW Arco, Butte Co., Idaho," USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States
Subregion distribution
USA(ID)
Taxonomy notes
split from N. amoenus
Taxonomy notes citation
Herrera, N. D., Bell, K. C., Callahan, C. M., Nordquist, E., Saver, B. A. J., Sullivan, J., Demobski, J. R., & Good, J. M. (2022). Genomic resolution of cryptic species diversity in chipmunks. Evolution, 76(9), 2004-2019.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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