Merriam's Chipmunk

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Merriam's Chipmunk
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Tamias Species: T. merriami
Binomial name
Tamias merriami J.A. Allen, 1889

The Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias merriami) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States.

[edit] Source

• Baillie, J. 1996. Tamias merriami. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae, Marmotini (Ground squirrels) tribe) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha Sciurotamias Pére David's Rock Squirrel (Sciurotamias davidianus) · Forrest's Rock Squirrel (Sciurotamias forresti) Marmota (Marmots) Subgenus Marmota: Gray Marmot (Marmota baibacina) · Bobak Marmot (Marmota bobak) · Alaska Marmot (Marmota broweri) · Black-capped Marmot (Marmota camtschatica) · Long-tailed Marmot (Marmota caudata) · Himalayan Marmot (Marmota himalayana) · Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) · Menzbier's Marmot (Marmota menzbieri) · Groundhog (Marmota monax) · Tarbagan Marmot (Marmota sibirica) Subgenus Petromarmota: Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) · Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) · Olympic Marmot (Marmota olympus) · Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) Ammospermophilus (Antelope squirrels) Harris's Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) · San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni) · White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus) · Texas Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres) · Insular Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus insularis) Cynomys (Prairie dogs) Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) · White-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys leucurus) · Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) · Mexican Prairie Dog (Cynomys mexicanus) · Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens) Tamias (Chipmunks) Alpine Chipmunk (Tamias alpinus) · Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) · Buller's Chipmunk (Tamias bulleri) · Gray-footed Chipmunk (Tamias canipes) · Gray-collared Chipmunk (Tamias cinereicollis) · Cliff Chipmunk (Tamias dorsalis) · Durango Chipmunk (Tamias durangae) · Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias merriami) · Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) · California Chipmunk (Tamias obscurus) · Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk (Tamias ochrogenys) · Palmer's Chipmunk (Tamias palmeri) · Panamint Chipmunk (Tamias panamintinus) · Long-eared Chipmunk (Tamias quadrimaculatus) · Colorado Chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus) · Red-tailed Chipmunk (Tamias ruficaudus) · Hopi chipmunk (Tamias rufus) · Allen's Chipmunk (Tamias senex) · Siberian Chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus) · Siskiyou Chipmunk (Tamias siskiyou) · Sonoma Chipmunk (Tamias sonomae) · Lodgepole Chipmunk (Tamias speciosus) · Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) · Townsend's Chipmunk (Tamias townsendii) · Uinta Chipmunk (Tamias umbrinus) Spermophilus Large genus listed separately Category