Yellow-pine Chipmunk

Taxobox
name = Yellow-pine Chipmunk


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Tamias"
species = "T. amoenus"
binomial = "Tamias amoenus"
binomial_authority = J.A. Allen, 1890
synonyms = The Yellow-pine Chipmunk ("Tamias amoenus") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Canada and the United States.

Brightly colored, from tawny to pinkish cinnamon, with 5 distinct longitudinal dark stripes, usually black, that are evenly spaced and about equal in width. Central 3 dark stripes extend to rump; lateral 2 only to mid-body. Pale stripes are white or grayish. Distinct black lower eye stripe. Sides of body and underside of tail grayish yellow. Top of head brown. Ears blackish in front, whitish behind. L 7 1/8–9 5/8" (181–245 mm); T 2 7/8–4 1/4" (73–108 mm); HF 1 1/8–1 3/8" (29–35 mm); Wt 1–2 1/2 oz (30–73 g).

ource

* Rodent Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/42569/all Tamias amoenus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.