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Tamias minimus  Bachman, 1839
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180195

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Eutamias minimus (Bachman, 1839)
  
  Common Name(s): tamia mineur [French]
  
    Least Chipmunk [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855 – squirrels  
                                     FamilySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – squirrels, marmots, chipmunks  
                                        SubfamilyXerinae Osborn, 1910  
                                           TribeMarmotini Pocock, 1923 – Holarctic ground squirrels  
                                              GenusTamias Illiger, 1811 – Chipmunks  
                                                 SubgenusTamias (Neotamias) A. H. Howell, 1929  
                                                    SpeciesTamias minimus Bachman, 1839 – tamia mineur, Least Chipmunk  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus arizonensis (A. H. Howell, 1922)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus atristriatus (V. Bailey, 1913) – Penñasco least chipmunk 
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus borealis J. A. Allen, 1877  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus cacodemus (Cary, 1906)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus caniceps (Osgood, 1900)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus caryi (Merriam, 1908)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus chuskaensis Sullivan and Petersen, 1988  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus confinis (A. H. Howell, 1925)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus consobrinus J. A. Allen, 1890  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus grisescens (A. H. Howell, 1925)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus hudsonius (Anderson and Rand, 1944)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus jacksoni (A. H. Howell, 1925)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus minimus Bachman, 1839  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus neglectus J. A. Allen, 1890  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus operarius (Merriam, 1905)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus oreocetes (Merriam, 1897)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus pallidus J. A. Allen, 1874  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus pictus J. A. Allen, 1890  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus scrutator (Hall and Hatfield, 1934)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus selkirki (Cowan, 1946)  
                                                       SubspeciesTamias minimus silvaticus (White, 1952)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Tamias minimus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: tamia mineur[French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamias minimus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamias minimus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Sciuridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 754-818   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamias minimus, Least Chipmunk [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Squirrels of the World   
  Page(s): vii + 459   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-4214-0469-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamias minimus, Least Chipmunk [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verts, B. J., and Leslie N. Carraway   
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tamias minimus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 653   
  Page(s): 1-10   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
  Notes: Available online: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html   
  Reference for: Tamias minimus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Tamias minimus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Tamias minimus, Least Chipmunk [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Critically Endangered as T. m. atristriatus, Vulnerable as T. m. selkirki, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Subgenus Neotamias. Southern Rocky Mtn populations revised by Sullivan (1985). Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (2001, Mammalian Species No. 653)  
 

 

    


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