Tamias (Neotamias) quadrivittatus Say 1823

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 816

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scientific name	Tamias (Neotamias) quadrivittatus Say 1823
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Tamias (Neotamias) quadrivittatus Say 1823 , in: James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, Vol. 2: 45.

Type Locality: "[Arkansas River]...the place where the river leaves the mountains," Restricted by Merriam (1905:163) to about 26 mi. [42 km] below Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado [ USA].

Vernacular Names: Colorado Chipmunk.

Synonyms: Tamias (Neotamias) animosus (Warren 1909) ; Tamias (Neotamias) australis ( Patterson 1980) ; Tamias (Neotamias) gracilis J. A. Allen 1890 ; Tamias (Neotamias) hopiensis Merriam 1905 .

Distribution: Mountains of Colorado and E Utah south to NE Arizona and S New Mexico ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as T. q. australis , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: 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. (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 466).