Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Mammalia
      Order: Rodentia
        Family: Sciuridae
          Genus: Neotamias
            Species: minimus atristriatus

Penasco Least Chipmunk - Neotamias minimus atristriatus

Penasco Least Chipmunk

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

383680

Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Pe?asco Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus atristriatus) is a small (11 cm long, not including tail) subspecies of least chipmunk that occurs in New Mexico on Sierra Blanca and Lookout Mountain in the White Mountains, but appears to have been extirpated from the Sacramento Mountains. They are typically associated with open grassy habitats interspersed with large cover structures, including rocks, downed logs, stumps, low shrubs, or dense herbaceous ground cover. These habitats include subalpine Thurber?s fescue meadows, or open ponderosa pine savanna and adjacent valley meadows.

Status

Global Rank: G5T1

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status: Proposed Endangered [PE]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 6

Number of Mapped Locations: 18

Number of Observations: 41

Observation date range: 09-06-1902 to 06-22-2019

External Links


Species Related Publications

Show