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Neotamias senex

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

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

It was recombined as Eutamias senex by Merriam (1897), Howell (1929) and Hall (1981); it was synonymized subjectively with Tamias townsendii by Levenson and Hoffmann (1984); it was recombined as Neotamias senex by Piaggio and Spicer (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Tamias senex Allen
1897Eutamias senex Merriam
1929Eutamias senex Howell
1981Eutamias senex Hall
1985Tamias senex Kain
1987Tamias senex Sutton
2000Tamias senex Piaggio and Spicer
2001Neotamias senex 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
speciessenex(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 senex Allen 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available