Crater chipmunk
| Crater chipmunk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Neotamias |
| Species: | N. cratericus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neotamias cratericus (Blossom, 1937)
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The crater chipmunk (Neotamias cratericus) is a species of chipmunk native to the coniferous forests of southern Idaho, north of the Snake River Plain. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Neotamias amoenus.[1] It is named after the Craters of the Moon National Monument, where the holotype of this species was first collected.
Description[edit]
This species averages around 21 cm (8.3 inches) long, with the tail being 9.7 cm (3.8 inches) of this length. This species resembles N. amoenus, but is overall slightly darker.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Herrera, Nathanael D.; Bell, Kayce C.; Callahan, Colin M.; Nordquist, Erin; Sarver, Brice A. J.; Sullivan, Jack; Demboski, John R.; Good, Jeffrey M. (2 July 2022). "Genomic resolution of cryptic species diversity in chipmunks". Evolution. 76 (9): 52. doi:10.1111/evo.14546.
- ^ Blossom, Philip (21 December 1937). "Description of a race of chipmunk from south central Idaho". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. 366: 2.