Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Eutamias merriami, Tamias merriami
Synonym: Tamias pricei Allen 1895
Belongs to Neotamias according to A. J. Piaggio and G. S. Spicer 2001
See also Hall 1981 and Piaggio and Spicer 2000
Sister taxa: Neotamias alpinus, Neotamias amoenus, Neotamias bulleri, Neotamias canipes, Neotamias cinereicollis, Neotamias dorsalis, Neotamias durangae, Neotamias malloryi, Neotamias obscurus, Neotamias ochrogenys, Neotamias panamintinus, Neotamias quadrimaculatus, Neotamias quadrivittatus, Neotamias ruficaudus, Neotamias rufus, Neotamias senex, Neotamias siskiyou, Neotamias sonomae, Neotamias speciosus, Neotamias townsendii, Neotamias umbrinus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Rancho La Brea, Pit 91 (Quaternary of California)
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