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Neotamias amoenus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Tamias amoenus was named by Allen (1890). It is extant.

It was recombined as Eutamias amoenus by Merriam (1913), Howell (1929), Hall (1981); it was recombined as Neotamias amoenus by Piaggio and Spicer (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Tamias amoenus Allen
1890Tamias frater Allen
1898Eutamias caurinus Merriam
1903Eutamias canicaudus Merriam
1911Eutamias ludibundus Hollister
1913Eutamias amoenus Merriam
1929Eutamias amoenus Howell
1981Eutamias amoenus Hall
2000Tamias amoenus Piaggio and Spicer
2001Neotamias amoenus Piaggio and Spicer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusNeotamiasHowell 1929
speciesamoenus(Allen 1890)

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available