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Neotamias townsendii

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Tamias townsendii was named by Bachman (1839). It is extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Tamias townsendii Bachman
1842Tamias hindei Gray
1855Tamias cooperi Baird
1897Eutamias townsendii Merriam
1929Eutamias townsendii Howell
1981Eutamias townsendii Hall
2000Tamias townsendii Piaggio and Spicer
2001Neotamias townsendii 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
speciestownsendii(Bachman 1839)

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 townsendii Bachman 1839
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Invalid names: Tamias cooperi Baird 1855 [synonym], Tamias hindei Gray 1842 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available