Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
754
818
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus
A. H. Howell 1920
Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus
A. H. Howell 1920
,
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 33: 91
.
Type Locality:
"Upper St. Mary's Lake, [Glacier Co.,]
Montana
." [
USA
].
Vernacular Names:
Red-tailed Chipmunk
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus
subsp.
ruficaudus
A. H. Howell 1920
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus
subsp.
simulans
A. H. Howell 1922
Distribution:
NE
Washington
to W
Montana
(
USA
), and SE
British Columbia
(
Canada
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Neotamias
.
Patterson and Heaney (1987)
presented both cranial and bacular data indicating that
simulans
may be specifically distinct from
ruficaudus
, but the nature of contact between the two forms is not known. Reviewed by Best (1993
b
, Mammalian Species No. 452). Introgressive hybridization with
T. amoenus
reported in
Good et al. (2003)
.