| Palmer's chipmunk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Neotamias |
| Species: | N. palmeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Neotamias palmeri (Merriam, 1897)
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Palmer's chipmunk (Neotamias palmeri) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Spring Mountains in southern Nevada. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Palmer's chipmunks are limited to "sky islands" which are mountainous habitats that are surrounded by other lower elevation inhospitable habitats.[2] It is primarily threatened by habitat loss.[1] Palmer's chipmunk is named after Theodore Sherman Palmer, an American botanist and zoologist.[3] With adequate habitat and food resources Palmer's chipmunks typically live from 1 to 4 years.[4]
- ^ a b Lowrey, C. (2016). "Neotamias palmeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21355A22267875. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21355A22267875.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Lowrey, Christopher; Longshore, Kathleen. "Palmers Chipmunk (Tamias palmeri) Ecology and Monitoring Protocols in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Nevada" (PDF). Science for Changing World. 2005‐USGS‐580‐P.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 305–306. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Ybarra, Yvonne; Zaragoza, Karina. "Tamias palmeri (Palmer's chipmunk)". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2024-04-28.