Long-eared chipmunk

Long-eared chipmunk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Neotamias
Species:
N. quadrimaculatus
Binomial name
Neotamias quadrimaculatus
(J. E. Gray, 1867)
Long-eared chipmunk range
Synonyms

Tamias quadrimaculatus J. E. Gray, 1867

The long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus), also called the Sacramento chipmunk or the four-banded chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to the central and northern Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada in the United States.[1] Long-eared chipmunks have the longest ears of all species of chipmunks.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Neotamias quadrimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42575A22267619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42575A22267619.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Smithsonian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).