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Neotamias alpinus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Tamias alpinus was named by Merriam (1893). It is extant.

It was recombined as Eutamias alpinus by Merriam (1897), Howell (1929) and Hall (1981); it was recombined as Neotamias alpinus by Piaggio and Spicer (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Tamias alpinus Merriam
1897Eutamias alpinus Merriam
1929Eutamias alpinus Howell
1981Eutamias alpinus Hall
1993Tamias alpinus Wilson and Reeder
2000Tamias alpinus Piaggio and Spicer
2001Neotamias alpinus 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusNeotamiasHowell 1929
speciesalpinus(Merriam 1893)

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 alpinus Merriam 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available