California chipmunk
California chipmunk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Neotamias |
Species: | N. obscurus |
Binomial name | |
Neotamias obscurus (J. A. Allen, 1890) | |
Synonyms | |
Tamias obscurus J. A. Allen, 1890 |
The California chipmunk (Neotamias obscurus) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is found in Baja California, Mexico and in southern California in the United States.[1]
References
- 1 2 Linzey, A. V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Tamias obscurus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
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