Tamias striatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Eastern Chipmunk

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Location:USA, NY, Franklin Co., Paul Smiths (Adirondack Mountains)Date taken:Unknown

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Tamiini
Genus : Tamias

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875

Original name as described

Sciurus striatus

Type locality

"Upper Savanna River, South Carolina, USA."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(VA, AR, MN, ME, NC, VT, SD, MA, NY, OK, MS, SC, IN, NE, WI, FL, WV, TN, MI, PA, OH, KS, IA, RI, NH, MO, CT, LA, MD, DC, IL, ND, NJ)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001785

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 27 names and synonyms.

Sciurus striatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Borowski (1780:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  6. Zimmermann (1783:165, 178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  7. Zimmermann (1783:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  8. Gmelin (1788:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  9. Kerr (1792:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  10. Shaw (1801:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
  11. Turton (1802:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  12. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  13. Fischer (1803:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  14. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  15. Goldfuss (1809:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  16. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  17. Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  18. Gray (1821:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  19. Desmarest (1822:339, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  20. Desmoulins (1824:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)
  21. Godman (1826:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  22. Fischer (1829:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  23. Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  24. Eichwald (1831:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  25. Blyth (1840:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  26. De Kay (1842:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  27. Gistel (1848:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  28. David (1871:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)

Myoxus Striatus

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230086

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Link (1795:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  3. Wolf (1808:546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

Sciurus striatus americanus

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751370

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:263, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Fischer (1829:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Hamster striatus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033418

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Tamias striatus

Illiger, 1815

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Nilsson (1820:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  3. Ranzani (1820:399, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  4. Goldfuss (1820:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  5. Billberg (1827:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  6. Eversmann (1840:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44036605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68659)
  7. Gray (1843:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  8. Bonaparte (1845:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  9. Giebel (1855:639, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  10. Schrenck (1859:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  11. Radde (1861:679, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  12. Radde (1862:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  13. Murray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  14. Brayton (1882:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71942)
  15. Nikol'skiy (1883:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  16. True (1885:593, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  17. Rhoads (1896:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)
  18. Trouessart (1904:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  19. Howell (1929:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16608)
  20. Necker & Hatfield (1941:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  21. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  22. Corbet & Hill (1980:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  23. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  24. Corbet & Hill (1991:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  25. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  26. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  27. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  28. Patterson & Norris (2016:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32186)
  29. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  30. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  31. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  32. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  33. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  34. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42583/115191543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tamias americana

Kuhl, 1820

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230865

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Schinz (1821:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Tamias striata

H. R. Schinz, 1821

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529068

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Schinz (1825:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Burmeister (1837:812, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  4. Lesson (1842:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Tamia striata

Lesson, 1827

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207699

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)

Sciurus Americanus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)

Sciurus (Tamias) Lysteri

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lysteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984699

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Gapper (1830:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68621)

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