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Neotamias
	Least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subtribe:	Tamiina
Genus:	Neotamias; A. H. Howell, 1929
Type species
	Eutamias merriami; J. A. Allen, 1889
Diversity
	23 species

Neotamias is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America. Along with Eutamias, this genus is often considered a subgenus of Tamias.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Species

Alpine chipmunk, Neotamias alpinus
Yellow-pine chipmunk, Neotamias amoenus
Buller's chipmunk, Neotamias bulleri
Gray-footed chipmunk, Neotamias canipes
Gray-collared chipmunk, Neotamias cinereicollis
Cliff chipmunk, Neotamias dorsalis
Durango chipmunk, Neotamias durangae
Merriam's chipmunk, Neotamias merriami
Least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus
California chipmunk, Neotamias obscurus
Yellow-cheeked chipmunk, Neotamias ochrogenys
Palmer's chipmunk, Neotamias palmeri
Panamint chipmunk, Neotamias panamintinus
Long-eared chipmunk, Neotamias quadrimaculatus
Colorado chipmunk, Neotamias quadrivittatus
Red-tailed chipmunk, Neotamias ruficaudus
Hopi chipmunk, Neotamias rufus
Allen's chipmunk, Neotamias senex
Siskiyou chipmunk, Neotamias siskiyou
Sonoma chipmunk, Neotamias sonomae
Lodgepole chipmunk, Neotamias speciosus
Townsend's chipmunk, Neotamias townsendii
Uinta chipmunk, Neotamias umbrinus

Three subspecies have recently been recognized as distinct species by some authorities:^[6]

Crater chipmunk, Neotamias cratericus, split from N. amoenus^[7]
Coulee chipmunk, Neotamias grisescens, split from N. minimus^[7]
Sierra del Carmen chipmunk, Neotamias solivagus, split from N. durangae^[8]

References

^ Patterson, Bruce D.; Norris, Ryan W. (2016). "Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks" (PDF). Mammalia. 80 (3): 241–251. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2015-0004. S2CID 9955150. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
^ Wilson, D. E.; D. M. Reeder (2005). "Mammal Species of the World". Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
^ Piaggio, A. J.; Spicer, G. S. (2001). "Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunks inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20 (3): 335–350. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.330.9046. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0975. PMID 11527462.
^ Piaggio, Antoinette J.; Spicer, Greg S. (2000). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Chipmunk Genus Tamias Based on the Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit II Gene" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 7 (3): 147–166. doi:10.1023/a:1009484302799. S2CID 7623018.
^ Musser, G. G.; Durden, L. A.; Holden, M. E.; Light, J. E. (2010). "Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 339 (339): 1–260. doi:10.1206/695.1. hdl:2246/6067. S2CID 82712592.
^ "Higher Taxonomy".
^ ^a ^b Herrera, Nathanael D.; Bell, Kayce C.; Callahan, Colin M.; Nordquist, Erin; Sarver, Brice A. J.; Sullivan, Jack; Demboski, John R.; Good, Jeffrey M. (2 July 2022). "Genomic resolution of cryptic species diversity in chipmunks". Evolution. 76 (9): 2004–2019. doi:10.1111/evo.14546. PMID 35778920.
^ Ramirez-Pulido, Jose; Gonzalez-Ruiz, Noe; Gardner, Alfred; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin (18 September 2014). "List of Recent Land Mammals of Mexico, 2014". Special Publications Museum of Texas Tech University. Special publications - the Museum, Texas Tech University. 63: 52. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.142891. ISBN 9781929330270. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

Musser, G. G.; Durden, L. A.; Holden, M. E.; and Light, J. E. (2010) "Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339.
Piaggio, A. J. and Spicer, G. S. 2001. "Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunks inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20: 335–350.