Sonoma chipmunk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Neotamias |
Species: | N. sonomae
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Binomial name | |
Neotamias sonomae (Grinnell, 1915)
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Distribution of Neotamias sonomae | |
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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]