Palmer's chipmunk

Palmer's chipmunk: Palmer's chipmunk

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Genus: Neotamias

Species: N. palmeri

Binomial name

Neotamias palmeri
(Merriam, 1897)

Synonyms

Tamias palmeri

Palmer's chipmunk (Neotamias palmeri) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is only found in the Spring Mountains of Clark County, Nevada in the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

References

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

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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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Palmer's chipmunk
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Neotamias
Species:	N. palmeri
Binomial name
*Neotamias palmeri* (Merriam, 1897)
Synonyms
Tamias palmeri

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