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Caged Tamias chipmunk, Tokyo area. The genus Tamias was formerly divided into three subgenera that, in sum, included all chipmunk species: Tamias, the eastern chipmunk and other fossil species; Eutamias, of which the Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus) is the only living member; and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western ...
Several subspecies of the European hare and the Cape hare live in Israel: Lepus europaeus syriacus in the north; Lepus europaeus judeae in the south and the Jordan valley, together with Lepus capensis sinaiticus, Lepus capensis aegyptius and Lepus capensis isabellinus, The statement of the Bible that the hare "cheweth the cud" is a classical ...
Three subspecies have recently been recognized as distinct species by some authorities: [6] Crater chipmunk, Neotamias cratericus, split from N. amoenus [7] Coulee chipmunk, Neotamias grisescens, split from N. minimus [7] Sierra del Carmen chipmunk, Neotamias solivagus, split from N. durangae [8]
Smith's Bible Dictionary, originally named A Dictionary of the Bible, is a 19th-century Bible dictionary containing upwards of four thousand entries that became named after its editor, William Smith. Its popularity was such that condensed dictionaries appropriated the title, "Smith's Bible Dictionary".
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A small species, it reaches about 30 cm (12 in) in length including the tail, and a weight of 66–150 g (2.3–5.3 oz). [15] It has reddish-brown fur on its upper body and five dark brown stripes contrasting with light brown stripes along its back, ending in a dark tail.
The Ohio chipmunk (Tamias striatus ohioensis), also known as the Ohioan chipmunk, or the Ohio eastern chipmunk, is a subspecies of the eastern chipmunk that is native to parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio, with some populations potentially present in far north-eastern to western Pennsylvania, and very rarely into West Virginia. [1]
Subspecies is abbreviated as subsp. or ssp. and the singular and plural forms are the same ("the subspecies is" or "the subspecies are"). In zoology , under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature , the subspecies is the only taxonomic rank below that of species that can receive a name.