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Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciurus striatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tamias striatus by Baird (1857), Allen (1891), Hay (1902), Thomas (1911), Howell (1929), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981), Levenson et al. (1985), Piaggio and Spicer (2000), Piaggio and Spicer (2001) and Czaplewski et al. (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. orlovi

Synonyms
  • Sciurus lysteri was named by Richardson (1829).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Tamias striatus by Merriam (1886) and Hall (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sciurus striatus Linnaeus p. 64
1829Sciurus lysteri Richardson
1857Tamias striatus Baird
1891Tamias striatus Allen
1902Tamias striatus Hay p. 720
1911Tamias striatus Thomas p. 149
1929Tamias striatus Howell
1967Tamias striatus Wilson p. 208
1980Tamias striatus Kurten and Anderson p. 220
1981Tamias striatus Hall
1985Tamias striatus Levenson et al.
2000Tamias striatus Piaggio and Spicer
2001Tamias striatus Piaggio and Spicer
2002Tamias striatus Czaplewski et al. p. 101

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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
genusTamiasIllinger 1811
speciesstriatus()

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.

Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 [eastern chipmunk]
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Invalid names: Sciurus lysteri Richardson 1829 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available