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California Chipmunk
Tamias obscurus J.A.Allen, 1890
First described in: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.3 p.70
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) obscurus subsp. obscurus J. A. Allen 1890 Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) obscurus subsp. davisi Callahan 1977 Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) obscurus subsp. meridionalis Nelson and Goldman 1909
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Regarded by A. H. Howell (1929) as a synonym of merriami; but see Callahan (1977) who provided evidence of specific distinctness and included davisi and meridionalis in this species. Reviewed by Best and Granai (1994 b, Mammalian Species No. 472).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
distribution
Distribution: S California (San Bernardino Co., USA) to C Baja California (Mexico).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: " San Pedro [Martir] Mountains " [near Vallecitos, Baja California Norte, Mexico].
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Tamias obscurus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437424.