California chipmunk
| California chipmunk | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Neotamias |
| Species: | N. obscurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotamias obscurus (J. A. Allen, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tamias obscurus J. A. Allen, 1890 | |
The California chipmunk (Neotamias obscurus) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is found in Baja California, Mexico and in southern California in the United States.[1]
References
- 1 2 Linzey, A. V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Tamias obscurus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
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