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Townsend's chipmunk (Neotamias townsendii) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from extreme southwestern British Columbia through western Washington and western Oregon. Townsend's chipmunk is named after John Kirk Townsend, an early 19th-century ...
Siskiyou chipmunk, Neotamias siskiyou; Sonoma chipmunk, Neotamias sonomae; Lodgepole chipmunk, Neotamias speciosus; Townsend's chipmunk, Neotamias townsendii; Uinta chipmunk, Neotamias umbrinus; Three subspecies have recently been recognized as distinct species by some authorities: [6] Crater chipmunk, Neotamias cratericus, split from N ...
Townsend's chipmunk, Neotamias townsendii, open forests, brushy, rocky areas - C; Olympic chipmunk, Neotamias amoenus caunnus, open forests, brushy, rocky areas - CL, EN; Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus, coniferous forests, nocturnal - C; Olympic marmot, Marmota olympus, alpine and subalpine meadows and talus slopes - CL, EN
John Kirk Townsend was the son of Charles Townsend and Priscilla Kirk, he had five brothers and four sisters. His sister Mary, a naturalist with an interest in entomology, wrote a popular book called "Life In the Insect World" in 1844.
Chipmunks are classified as four genera: Tamias, of which the eastern chipmunk (T. striatus) is the only living member; Eutamias, of which the Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus) is the only living member; Nototamias, which consists of three extinct species, and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western North American, species.
Nov. 1—Every spring, a small songbird with a brilliant black and yellow face visits the Inland Northwest. Many bird watchers consider it a treat to catch even a glimpse of a Townsend's warbler ...
California myotis (Myotis californicus) Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii). Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) LC; Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) LC; Northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) NT
Colonies of Townsend's ground squirrel are fragmented and isolated. [1] In 2022, the Bureau of Land Management had 16 unique records of occurrence. [4] In 2012, there were 8 colonies recorded for the Hanford Reach National Monument. [4] [5] [6] As of 2024, there are 29 research grade observations in iNaturalist. [7]