Sonoma chipmunk

Sonoma chipmunk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Neotamias
Species:
N. sonomae
Binomial name
Neotamias sonomae
(Grinnell, 1915)
Distribution of Neotamias sonomae
Synonyms
  • Tamias sonomae (Grinnell, 1915)
  • Eutamias sonomae Grinnell, 1915
Sonoma chipmunk, juvenile (left) and adult (right)

The Sonoma chipmunk (Neotamias sonomae) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northwestern California in the United States.[1] Members of Neotamias are characterized by having two premolars.[2] N. sonomae has two subspecies: N. s. alleni and N. s. sonomae.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Neotamias sonomae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42581A115191316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42581A22268516.en. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ Nowalk, R.M. (1991). Walker's Mammals of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1246–1250. ISBN 0801857899.
  3. ^ Best, Troy L. (1993-11-15). "Tamias sonomae". Mammalian Species (444): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504266. ISSN 0076-3519. JSTOR 3504266.