Tamias rufus

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iHopi Chipmunk

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamias
Species: T. rufus
Binomial name
Tamias rufus
(Hoffmeister and Ellis, 1979)

The Hopi Chipmunk, Tamias rufus, is a small squirrel-like rodent found in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, in the south-west United States. It was previously grouped with the Colorado Chipmunk, T. quadrivittatus.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/T/Tamias_rufus.asp