Palmer's Chipmunk

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Palmer's Chipmunk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamias
Species: T. palmeri
Binomial name
Tamias palmeri
(Merriam, 1897)

The Palmer's Chipmunk (Tamias palmeri) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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