Tamias minimus Bachman, 1839

Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 419-465 : 454

Tamias minimus Bachman, 1839 . J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8:71.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Green River, near mouth of Big Sandy Creek, [Sweetwater Co.,] Wyo[ming]." [ USA].

DISTRIBUTION: C Yukon ( Canada) south through Sierra Nevada and S New Mexico, east to Michigan ( USA) and W Quebec ( Canada).

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as T. m. atristriatus.

SYNONYMS: arizonensis (A. Howell, 1922) ; atristriatus (V. Bailey, 1913); borealis J. Allen, 1877; cacodemus (Cary, 1906); caniceps ( Osgood, 1900) ; caryi (Merriam, 1908); clarus (V. Bailey, 1918); confinis (A. Howell, 1925); consobrinus J. Allen, 1890; grisescens (A. Howell, 1925); hudsonius (Anderson and Rand, 1944); jacksoni (A. Howell, 1925); lectus (J. Allen, 1905); melanurus Merriam, 1890; neglectus J. Allen, 1890; operarius ( Merriam, 1905); oreocetes ( Merriam, 1897); pallidus J. Allen, 1874; pictus J. Allen, 1890; scrutator (Hall and Hatfield, 1934); selkirki (Cowan, 1946); silvaticus (White, 1952).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias . Southern Rocky Mtn populations reviewed by Sullivan (1985).