Colorado Chipmunk – Tamias quadrivittatus

Tamias quadrivittatusSay, 1823

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included hopiensis, but see Patterson (1984:452), who regarded it a nomen dubium, and rufus, now considered distinct (Patterson, 1984); but see Hoffmeister and Ellis (1979). See also umbrinus. Reviewed by Best et al. (1994a, Mammalian Species No. 466).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.