Neotamias

Neotamias
Least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Marmotini
Genus:	Neotamias A. H. Howell, 1929
Diversity
23 species

Neotamias is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America. Along with Eutamias, this genus is often considered a subgenus of Tamias.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Species

• Alpine chipmunk, Neotamias alpinus
• Yellow-pine chipmunk, Neotamias amoenus
• Buller's chipmunk, Neotamias bulleri
• Gray-footed chipmunk, Neotamias canipes
• Gray-collared chipmunk, Neotamias cinereicollis
• Cliff chipmunk, Neotamias dorsalis
• Durango chipmunk, Neotamias durangae
• Merriam's chipmunk, Neotamias merriami
• Least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus
• California chipmunk, Neotamias obscurus
• Yellow-cheeked chipmunk, Neotamias ochrogenys
• Palmer's chipmunk, Neotamias palmeri
• Panamint chipmunk, Neotamias panamintinus
• Long-eared chipmunk, Neotamias quadrimaculatus
• Colorado chipmunk, Neotamias quadrivittatus
• Red-tailed chipmunk, Neotamias ruficaudus
• Hopi chipmunk, Neotamias rufus
• Allen's chipmunk, Neotamias senex
• Siskiyou chipmunk, Neotamias siskiyou
• Sonoma chipmunk, Neotamias sonomae
• Lodgepole chipmunk, Neotamias speciosus
• Townsend's chipmunk, Neotamias townsendii
• Uinta chipmunk, Neotamias umbrinus

Three subspecies have recently been recognized as distinct species by some authorities:^[6]

• Crater chipmunk, Neotamias cratericus, split from N. amoenus^[7]
• Coulee chipmunk, Neotamias grisescens, split from N. minimus^[7]
• Sierra del Carmen chipmunk, Neotamias solivagus, split from N. durangae^[8]

References

• Musser, G. G.; Durden, L. A.; Holden, M. E.; and Light, J. E. (2010) "Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339.
• Piaggio, A. J. and Spicer, G. S. 2001. "Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunks inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20: 335–350.