Hopi chipmunk
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| Hopi chipmunk | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Neotamias |
| Species: | N. rufus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotamias rufus (Hoffmeister and Ellis, 1979) |
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Eutamias quadrivittatus rufus Hoffmeister and Ellis, 1979 |
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The Hopi chipmunk (Neotamias rufus) is a small chipmunk found in Colorado, Utah and Arizona in the southwestern United States.[1] It was previously grouped with the Colorado Chipmunk, T. quadrivittatus.[1]
Hopi chipmunks prefer rocky areas with pinion and juniper pines and feed mostly on nuts, seeds and fruits. Food gathered is stored in cheek pouches and taken elsewhere for consumption or storage. They nest in rock piles or crevices.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Linzey, A. V. & Hammerson, G. (2008). Tamias rufus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 January 2009.
- ^ Stephanie l. Burt and Troy L. Best (2 June 1994). Mammalian Species: Tamias rufus. 460. American Society of Mammalogists. http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-460-01-0001.pdf.
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