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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familySciuridae
  6. ›genusTamias
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Durango Chipmunk

Tamias durangae (J.A.Allen, 1903)

First described in: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.19 p.594

The Durango chipmunk (Neotamias durangae) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included in bulleri; includes solivagus; perhaps conspecific with canipes; see Callahan (1980), who considered both durangae and solivagus, incertae sedis. Reviewed by Best et al. (1993, Mammalian Species No. 437).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

distribution

Distribution: SW Chihuahua to WC Durango; SE Coahuila (Mexico).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: " Arroyo de Bucy, Sierra de Candella, ... about 7,500 feet [2,134 m], northwestern Durango, Mexico. ".

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included in bulleri; includes solivagus; perhaps conspecific with canipes; see Callahan (1980), who considered both durangae and solivagus, incertae sedis.

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

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Range & habitat

This species has a disjunct distribution, with populations in the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental of northern Mexico. In the Sierra Madre Occidental it is found from southwestern Chihuahua to southern Durango, in humid areas between 1,980 and 2,590 meters elevation. The eastern population lives in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra del Carmen of Coahuila, where is ranges from 2,590 to 2,900 meters elevation.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437429.