Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus A. H. Howell 1920

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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Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus A. H. Howell 1920 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 33: 91.

Type Locality: "Upper St. Mary's Lake, [Glacier Co.,] Montana." [ USA].

Vernacular Names: Red-tailed Chipmunk.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus subsp. ruficaudus A. H. Howell 1920

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus subsp. simulans A. H. Howell 1922

Distribution: NE Washington to W Montana ( USA), and SE British Columbia ( Canada).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias . Patterson and Heaney (1987) presented both cranial and bacular data indicating that simulans may be specifically distinct from ruficaudus , but the nature of contact between the two forms is not known. Reviewed by Best (1993 b, Mammalian Species No. 452). Introgressive hybridization with T. amoenus reported in Good et al. (2003).