Colorado chipmunk

Colorado chipmunk: Colorado chipmunk

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Genus: Neotamias

Species: N. quadrivittatus

Binomial name

Neotamias quadrivittatus
(Say, 1823)

Synonyms

Tamias quadrivittatus

The Colorado chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Linzey, A. V. & Hammerson, G. (2008). Tamias quadrivittatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 January 2009.

A Colorado chipmunk eating a sunflower seed near the entrance to Timanogos Cave in Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah

v · d · eLiving species of tribe Marmotini (ground squirrels)

Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Rodentia • Suborder: Sciuromorpha • Family: Sciuridae • Subfamily: Xerinae

Ammospermophilus
(antelope squirrels)
Harris's antelope squirrel (A. harrisii) • Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (A. insularis) • Texas antelope squirrel (A. interpres) • White-tailed antelope squirrel (A. leucurus) • San Joaquin antelope squirrel (A. nelsoni)

Callospermophilus
(golden-mantled ground squirrels)
Golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. lateralis) • Sierra Madre ground squirrel (C. madrensis) • Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (C. saturatus)

Cynomys
(prairie dogs)
Gunnison's prairie dog (C. gunnisoni) • White-tailed prairie dog (C. leucurus) • Black-tailed prairie dog (C. ludovicianus) • Mexican prairie dog (C. mexicanus) • Utah prairie dog (C. parvidens)

Eutamias
Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus)

Ictidomys
(little ground squirrels)
Mexican ground squirrel (I. mexicanus) • I. parvidens • Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (I. tridecemlineatus)

Marmota
(marmots)
Subgenus Marmota: Gray marmot (M. baibacina) • Bobak marmot (M. bobak) • Alaska marmot (M. broweri) • Black-capped marmot (M. camtschatica) • Long-tailed marmot (M. caudata) • Himalayan marmot (M. himalayana) • Alpine marmot (M. marmota) • Menzbier's marmot (M. menzbieri) • Groundhog or woodchuck (M. monax) • Tarbagan marmot (M. sibirica)
Subgenus Petromarmota: Hoary marmot (M. caligata) • Yellow-bellied marmot (M. flaviventris) • Olympic marmot (M. olympus) • Vancouver Island marmot (M. vancouverensis)

Neotamias
(western chipmunks)
Alpine chipmunk (N. alpinus) • Yellow-pine chipmunk (N. amoenus) • Buller's chipmunk (N. bulleri) • Gray-footed chipmunk (N. canipes) • Gray-collared chipmunk (N. cinereicollis) • Cliff chipmunk (N. dorsalis) • Durango chipmunk (N. durangae) • Merriam's chipmunk (N. merriami) • Least chipmunk (N. minimus) • California chipmunk (N. obscurus) • Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (N. ochrogenys) • Palmer's chipmunk (N. palmeri) • Panamint chipmunk (N. panamintinus) • Long-eared chipmunk (N. quadrimaculatus) • Colorado chipmunk (N. quadrivittatus) • Red-tailed chipmunk (N. ruficaudus) • Hopi chipmunk (N. rufus) • Allen's chipmunk (N. senex) • Siskiyou chipmunk (N. siskiyou) • Sonoma chipmunk (N. sonomae) • Lodgepole chipmunk (N. speciosus) • Townsend's chipmunk (N. townsendii) • Uinta chipmunk (N. umbrinus)

Notocitellus
Tropical ground squirrel (N. adocetus) • Ring-tailed ground squirrel (N. annulatus)

Otospermophilus
(rock squirrels)
Baja California rock squirrel (O. atricapillus) • California ground squirrel (O. beecheyi) • Rock squirrel (O. variegatus)

Poliocitellus
Franklin's ground squirrel (P. franklinii)

Sciurotamias
(Asian rock squirrels)
Pére David's rock squirrel (S. davidianus) • Forrest's rock squirrel (S. forresti)

Spermophilus sensu stricto
(Old World ground squirrels)
Alashan ground squirrel (S. alashanicus) • S. brevicauda • European ground squirrel (S. citellus) • Daurian ground squirrel (S. dauricus) • Red-cheeked ground squirrel (S. erythrogenys) • Yellow ground squirrel (S. fulvus) • Russet ground squirrel (S. major) • S. pallicauda • Little ground squirrel (S. pygmaeus) • S. ralli • S. relictus • Speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) • Taurus ground squirrel (Spermophilus taurensis) • Asia Minor ground squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Tamias
Eastern chipmunk (T. striatus)

Urocitellus
(Holarctic ground squirrels)
Uinta ground squirrel (U. armatus) • Belding's ground squirrel (U. beldingi) • Idaho ground squirrel (U. brunneus) • Merriam's ground squirrel (U. canus) • Columbian ground squirrel (U. columbianus) • Wyoming ground squirrel (U. elegans) • Piute ground squirrel (U. mollis) • Arctic ground squirrel (U. parryii) • Richardson's ground squirrel (U. richardsonii) • Townsend's ground squirrel (U. townsendii) • Washington ground squirrel (U. washingtoni) • Long-tailed ground squirrel (U. undulatus)

Xerospermophilus
(pygmy ground squirrels)
Mohave ground squirrel (X. mohavensis) • Perote ground squirrel (X. perotensis) • Spotted ground squirrel (X. spilosoma) • Round-tailed ground squirrel (X. tereticaudus)

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Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Neotamias
Species:	N. quadrivittatus
Binomial name
*Neotamias quadrivittatus* (Say, 1823)
Synonyms
Tamias quadrivittatus

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