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

Merriam's Chipmunk

Tamias merriami J.A.Allen, 1889

First described in: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.2 p.176

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

child_taxa

Subspecies:: Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. merriami J. A. Allen 1889 Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. kernensis Grinnell and Storer 1916 Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. pricei J. A. Allen 1895

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included meridionalis and obscurus; see Callahan (1977). See also comment under obscurus. Reviewed by Best and Granai (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 476), and Larson (1981 - 1987).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

distribution

Distribution: San Francisco Bay southward in the Coast Range, and south of Columbia (California, USA) in the Sierra Nevada, to extreme N Baja California (Mexico).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: " San Bernardino Mts " [N of San Bernardino, 4,500 feet (1,372 m), San Bernardino Co., California, USA].

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

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