Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative spelling: Tamia
Parent taxon: Marmotini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also Alroy 2002, Bryant 1945, de Bruijn et al. 1980, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Illiger 1811, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Ray 1965 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus, Callospermophilus, Cynomys, Eutamias, Ictidomys, Marmota, Neotamias, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Spermophilinus
Subtaxa: Tamias aristus Tamias ateles Tamias eviensis Tamias laevidens Tamias striatus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Ontario, Quebec collections), Poland (1), United States (33: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Greece (1), Poland (4)
• Miocene of China (1), Greece (4), India (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (24: California, Nebraska, Nevada, Wyoming)
Total: 74 collections including 76 occurrences
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