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Tamias

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae — small mammals which resemble squirrel - the chipmunks.

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Examples

  • There are several types of chipmunk within the Tamias genus, and most of them are found in North American.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Michael James 2010

  • There are several types of chipmunk within the Tamias genus, and most of them are found in North American.

    Chipmunk Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2010

  • Typical mountain steppe mammals include Altai pika Ochotona alpina, arctic ground squirrel Citellus undulatus and Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibiricus.

    Golden Mountains of Altai, Russian Federation 2009

  • The star of "Dramatic Chipmunk" appears to be a Prairie Dog (Cynomys sp.) as opposed to a chipmunk (Tamias sp.).

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Several squirrels are seen including eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus, red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis and two types of flying squirrel, the southern Glaucomys volans and the northern endangered subspecies Carolina flying squirrel G. sabrinus coloratus (E).

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States 2009

  • Other notable species are the Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus) and the Zabaikalian wild boar (Sus scrofa).

    Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe 2008

  • Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus), Baikalo-Lensky Zapovednik, northwest of Lake Baikal, Russia.

    East Siberian taiga 2008

  • Endemic Olympic fauna includes: Olympic marmot Marmota olympus, Beardslee trout Salmo gairdneri beardsleei, Crescenti trout Salmo clarkii crescentis, Olympic mole Scapanus townsendi olympicus, short-tailed weasel Mustela erminea olympicus, Olympic chipmunk Tamias amoenus caurinus and Olympic mazama pocket gopher Thomomys mazama melanopes.

    Olympic National Park, United States 2008

  • In the Ante-Steppe the forest species proper, such as _Pteromys volans_ and _Tamias striatus_, disappear, but the common squirrel, the weasel, and the bear are still met with in the forests.

    Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

  • In everything but colours it is Eutamias or Tamias of a more intensified type.

    Wild Animals at Home Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

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