The Sierra del Carmen chipmunk (Neotamias solivagus), also called the Coahuila chipmunk, is a species of chipmunk native to the Gran Sierra Plegada of the Sierra Madre Oriental, in the central area of eastern Coahuila and western Nuevo León, in northern Mexico. It was formerly considered a subspecies of both Neotamias bulleri[1] and Neotamias durangae. Those two species are found in the Sierra Madre Occidental, while this species is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental.[2]
| Sierra del Carmen chipmunk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Neotamias |
| Species: | N. solivagus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neotamias solivagus (A. H. Howell, 1922)
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References
edit- ^ Howell, Arthur H. (1 August 1922). "Diagnoses of seven new chipmunks of the genus Eutamias, with a list of the American species". Journal of Mammalogy. 3 (3): 179–180. doi:10.2307/1373666.
- ^ Ramirez-Pulido, Jose; Gonzalez-Ruiz, Noe; Gardner, Alfred; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin (18 September 2014). "List of Recent Land Mammals of Mexico, 2014". Special Publications Museum of Texas Tech University. 63: 52. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.142891. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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