Coulee chipmunk
| Coulee chipmunk | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Neotamias |
| Species: | N. grisescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotamias grisescens A. H. Howell, 1925 | |
The Coulee chipmunk (Neotamias grisescens) is a species of chipmunk native to the Channeled Scablands in central Washington.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of Neotamias minimus.[1] It is sympatric with both N. minimus and N. amoenus; it can be differentiated by these species due to its overall grayer coloration.[2]
Description
It resembles Neotamias minimus pictus, but is smaller, particularly on the hind feet.[2] It's also a grayer and less yellow color, with the dark stripes on the back being pretty narrow and the middle pair of light stripes being a lot wider.[2] The tail also tends to be grayer and paler.[2]
Distribution
It's endemic to the Channeled Scablands of Central and Eastern Washington, originally being known from the Grand Coulee in Douglas and Grant counties.[1][2][3]
References
- 1 2 3 Herrera, Nathanael D.; Bell, Kayce C.; Callahan, Colin M.; Nordquist, Erin; Sarver, Brice A. J.; Sullivan, Jack; Demboski, John R.; Good, Jeffrey M. (2 July 2022). "Genomic resolution of cryptic species diversity in chipmunks". Evolution. 76 (9): 2004–2019. bioRxiv 10.1101/2022.02.28.482304. doi:10.1111/evo.14546. PMID 35778920.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Howell, Arthur H. (1 February 1925). "Preliminary Descriptions of Five New Chipmunks from North America". Journal of Mammalogy. 6 (1): 52. doi:10.2307/1373471. JSTOR 1373471. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ↑ "Tamias minimus subsp. grisescens (A.H.Howell, 1925)". GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. 2023. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved May 28, 2026 – via GBIF.