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Taxonomy
Neotamias was named by Howell (1929) [apparently named as a subgenus of Eutamias by Howell 1929; raised to genus level by Jameson 1999]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Tamias (Neotamias) by Bryant (1945).
It was assigned to Tamias by Bryant (1945); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
It was reranked as Tamias (Neotamias) by Bryant (1945).
It was assigned to Tamias by Bryant (1945); and to Marmotini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
Species
N. alpinus, N. amoenus (syn. Eutamias caurinus, Tamias frater, Eutamias ludibundus, Eutamias canicaudus), N. bulleri, N. canipes, N. cinereicollis, N. dorsalis (syn. Eutamias canescens), N. durangae (syn. Tamias nexus), N. malloryi, N. merriami (syn. Tamias pricei), N. obscurus, N. ochrogenys, N. panamintinus, N. quadrimaculatus (syn. Tamias macrohabdotes), N. quadrivittatus, N. ruficaudus, N. rufus (syn. Eutamias hopiensis), N. senex, N. siskiyou, N. sonomae, N. speciosus (syn. Tamias callipeplus), N. townsendii (syn. Tamias cooperi, Tamias hindei), N. umbrinus (syn. Eutamias adsitus, Eutamias palmeri)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Neotamias Howell |
| 1945 | Tamias (Neotamias) Bryant p. 358 |
| 1999 | Neotamias Jameson |
| 2003 | Neotamias Mercer and Roth |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Neotamias Howell 1929 [chipmunk]
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Neotamias alpinus Merriam 1893
Neotamias amoenus Allen 1890
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Invalid names: Eutamias canicaudus Merriam 1903 [synonym], Eutamias caurinus Merriam 1898 [synonym], Eutamias ludibundus Hollister 1911 [synonym], Tamias frater Allen 1890 [synonym]
Neotamias bulleri Miller and Rehn 1901
Neotamias canipes Fleharty 1960
Neotamias cinereicollis Allen 1890
Neotamias dorsalis Baird 1855 [cliff chipmunk]
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Invalid names: Eutamias canescens Allen 1904 [synonym]
†Neotamias malloryi Martin 1998
Neotamias obscurus Allen 1890
Neotamias ochrogenys Sutton and Nadler 1974
Neotamias panamintinus Merriam 1893
Neotamias quadrivittatus Say 1823
Neotamias ruficaudus Howell 1920
Neotamias senex Allen 1890
Neotamias siskiyou Sutton and Nadler 1974
Neotamias sonomae Grinnell 1915
Neotamias townsendii Bachman 1839
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Invalid names: Tamias cooperi Baird 1855 [synonym], Tamias hindei Gray 1842 [synonym]
Neotamias umbrinus Allen 1890
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Invalid names: Eutamias adsitus Allen 1905 [synonym], Eutamias palmeri Merriam 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 10.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Eutamias malloryi (18939 18940 19116) Eutamias sp. (18970) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Washington) | Neotamias sp., Neotamias malloryi (232055) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | Eutamias sp. (20105 20106 28237) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Utah) | Eutamias sp. (20406) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Eutamias sp. (20187 20191 20241) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Eutamias sp. (20143) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Eutamias senex (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Eutamias cinereicollis (74473) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Tamias dorsalis (76060) Tamias sp. (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Eutamias dorsalis (93326) |