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Neotamias speciosus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Tamias speciosus was named by Merriam (1890). It is extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Tamias speciosus Merriam
1893Tamias callipeplus Merriam
1897Eutamias speciosus Merriam
1929Eutamias speciosus Howell
1981Eutamias speciosus Hall
2000Tamias speciosus Piaggio and Spicer
2001Neotamias speciosus 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
speciesspeciosus(Merriam 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 speciosus Merriam 1890
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Invalid names: Tamias callipeplus Merriam 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available