Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Tamias rufus
Synonym: Eutamias hopiensis Merriam 1905
Belongs to Neotamias according to A. J. Piaggio and G. S. Spicer 2001
See also Hall 1981, Piaggio and Spicer 2000 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Neotamias alpinus, Neotamias amoenus, Neotamias bulleri, Neotamias canipes, Neotamias cinereicollis, Neotamias dorsalis, Neotamias durangae, Neotamias malloryi, Neotamias merriami, Neotamias obscurus, Neotamias ochrogenys, Neotamias panamintinus, Neotamias quadrimaculatus, Neotamias quadrivittatus, Neotamias ruficaudus, Neotamias senex, Neotamias siskiyou, Neotamias sonomae, Neotamias speciosus, Neotamias townsendii, Neotamias umbrinus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Neotamias rufus in the database
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