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Inyo chipmunk

The Inyo chipmunk, or the Inyo Uinta chipmunk, is a subspecies of the Uinta chipmunk that is native to parts of central Nevada and eastern California, going into far north Arizona. It was described by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1897.

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Inyo chipmunk
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Neotamias
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N. u. inyoensis
Trinomial name
Neotamias umbrinus inyoensis
Merriam, 1897

The Inyo chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus inyoensis), or the Inyo Uinta chipmunk,1 is a subspecies of the Uinta chipmunk that is native to parts of central Nevada and eastern California, going into far north Arizona. It was described by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1897.2

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