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Crater chipmunk

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Crater chipmunk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Neotamias
Species:
N. cratericus
Binomial name
Neotamias cratericus
(Blossom, 1937)

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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.