Neotamias

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Tamias minimus.jpg | image_caption = Least chipmunk (''Neotamias minimus'') | taxon = Neotamias | authority = A. H. Howell, 1929 | type_species = ''Eutamias merriami'' | type_species_authority = J. A. Allen, 1889 | diversity_link = #Species | 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''.<ref name=Patterson>{{cite journal |journal=Mammalia |year=2016 |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=241–251 |title=Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks |last1=Patterson|first1=Bruce D. |last2=Norris|first2=Ryan W. |doi=10.1515/mammalia-2015-0004 |s2cid=9955150 |url=https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~jacks/PattersonNorris.16.pdf |access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/ | title = Mammal Species of the World | access-date = 2007-06-27 | author = Wilson, D. E. |author2=D. M. Reeder | year = 2005 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070623030727/http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/ |archive-date = 2007-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Piaggio|first1=A. J.|last2=Spicer|first2=G. S.|year=2001|title=Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunks inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome ''b'' and cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=20|issue=3|pages=335–350|url=http://online.sfsu.edu/~gs/spicer/pages/spicerpdf/piaggio01.pdf|doi=10.1006/mpev.2001.0975|pmid=11527462|bibcode=2001MolPE..20..335P|citeseerx=10.1.1.330.9046|archive-date=2012-08-23|access-date=2022-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823153636/http://online.sfsu.edu/~gs/spicer/pages/spicerpdf/piaggio01.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution|volume=7|issue=3|year=2000|title=Molecular Phylogeny of the Chipmunk Genus ''Tamias'' Based on the Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit II Gene|first1=Antoinette J.|last1=Piaggio|first2=Greg S.|last2=Spicer|url=http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~gs/spicer/pages/spicerpdf/piaggio00.pdf|doi=10.1023/a:1009484302799|pages=147–166|s2cid=7623018|archive-date=2011-09-13|access-date=2022-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913140312/http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~gs/spicer/pages/spicerpdf/piaggio00.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Musser|first1= G. G.|last2=Durden|first2= L. A.|last3= Holden|first3= M. E.|last4= Light|first4= J. E.|year=2010|title=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|journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume= 339|issue= 339|pages= 1–260|hdl= 2246/6067|doi= 10.1206/695.1|s2cid= 82712592|url= http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/2246/6067/1/B339.pdf}}</ref>

== 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:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxa.html | title=Higher Taxonomy | access-date=2023-12-08 | archive-date=2022-12-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225080800/https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxa.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> *Crater chipmunk, ''Neotamias cratericus'', split from ''N. amoenus''<ref name="cryptic species">{{cite journal |last1=Herrera |first1=Nathanael D. |last2=Bell |first2=Kayce C. |last3=Callahan |first3=Colin M. |last4=Nordquist |first4=Erin |last5=Sarver |first5=Brice A. J. |last6=Sullivan |first6=Jack |last7=Demboski |first7=John R. |last8=Good |first8=Jeffrey M. |title=Genomic resolution of cryptic species diversity in chipmunks |journal=Evolution |date=2 July 2022 |volume=76 |issue=9 |pages=2004–2019 |doi=10.1111/evo.14546 |pmid=35778920 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *Coulee chipmunk, ''Neotamias grisescens'', split from ''N. minimus''<ref name="cryptic species"></ref> *Coahuila chipmunk, ''Neotamias solivagus'', split from ''N. durangae''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ramirez-Pulido |first1=Jose |last2=Gonzalez-Ruiz |first2=Noe |last3=Gardner |first3=Alfred |last4=Arroyo-Cabrales |first4=Joaquin |title=List of Recent Land Mammals of Mexico, 2014 |journal=Special Publications Museum of Texas Tech University |series=Special publications - the Museum, Texas Tech University |date=18 September 2014 |volume=63 |page=52 |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.142891 |isbn=9781929330270 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/142891 |access-date=8 December 2023|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}} *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.

Category:Neotamias Category:Rodent genera Category:Taxa named by Arthur H. Howell