ADW: Tamias: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Sciuromorpha (squirrels, dormice, and relatives)
        
        Family Sciuridae (squirrels)
        
        Subfamily Xerinae (marmots, ground squirrels, African squirrels, and relatives)
        
        Tribe Marmotini (marmots, chipmunks, ground squirrels, and relatives)
        
        Genus Tamias (chipmunks)
        
        Species Tamias alpinus (alpine chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias amoenus (yellow-pine chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias bulleri (Buller's chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias canipes (gray-footed chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias cinereicollis (gray-collared chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias dorsalis (cliff chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias durangae (Durango chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias merriami (Merriam's chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias minimus (least chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias obscurus (California chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias ochrogenys (yellow-cheeked chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias palmeri (Palmer's chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias panamintinus (Panamint chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias quadrimaculatus (long-eared chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias quadrivittatus (Colorado chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias ruficaudus (red-tailed chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias rufus (Hopi chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias senex (Allen's chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias siskiyou (Siskiyou chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias sonomae (Sonoma chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias speciosus (lodgepole chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias townsendii (Townsend's chipmunk)
        
        Species Tamias umbrinus (Uinta chipmunk)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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