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GBIF·2437449speciesAnimalia8,537 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familySciuridae
  6. ›genusTamias
Tamias townsendii
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Townsend's Chipmunk

Tamias townsendii Bachman, 1839

First described in: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.8 1 p.68

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

child_taxa

Subspecies:: Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) townsendii subsp. townsendii Bachman 1839 Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) townsendii subsp. cooperi Baird 1855

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included ochrogenys, siskiyou and senex; see comments under those species. Reviewed by Sutton (1993, Mammalian Species No. 435).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

distribution

Distribution: SW British Columbia (Canada), W Washington and Oregon to the Rogue River (USA).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: " lower Columbia River, near lower mouth of Willamette River, [Multnomah Co.,] Oreg [on]. " [USA].

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437449.