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Eutamias minimus (least chipmunk)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

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

It was recombined as Neotamias minimus by Piaggio and Spicer (2001); it was recombined as Eutamias minimus by Miller and Rehn (1901), Howell (1929), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981) and Storer (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Tamias minimus Bachman
1890Eutamias consobrinus Allen
1897Eutamias oreocetes Merriam
1900Eutamias caniceps Osgood
1901Eutamias minimus Miller and Rehn
1913Eutamias atristriatus Bailey
1918Eutamias consobrinus Bailey
1929Eutamias minimus Howell
1980Eutamias minimus Kurten and Anderson p. 220
1981Eutamias minimus Hall
1993Tamias minimus Wilson and Reeder
2000Tamias minimus Piaggio and Spicer
2001Neotamias minimus Piaggio and Spicer
2004Eutamias minimus Storer p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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
genusEutamiasTrouessart 1880
speciesminimus(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.

Eutamias minimus Bachman 1839 [least chipmunk]
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Invalid names: Eutamias atristriatus Bailey 1913 [synonym], Eutamias caniceps Osgood 1900 [synonym], Eutamias consobrinus Allen 1890 [synonym], Eutamias oreocetes Merriam 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available