Yellow-cheeked chipmunk

Yellow-cheeked chipmunk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Neotamias
Species:
N. ochrogenys
Binomial name
Neotamias ochrogenys
(Merriam, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Tamias ochrogenys Merriam, 1897
  • Eutamias townsendi ochrogenys Merriam, 1897

The yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys), also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae.[2] It is endemic to areas near the coast of northern California in the United States where it inhabits coastal coniferous forest.

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Neotamias ochrogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42573A22267475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42573A22267475.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 815. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.