Eastern chipmunk

Eastern chipmunk
Temporal range:
Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamias
Species:
T. striatus
Binomial name
Tamias striatus
Subspecies
  • T. s. striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • T. s. doorsiensis (Long, 1971)
  • T. s. fisheri (Howell, 1925)
  • T. s. griseus (Mearns, 1891)
  • T. s. lysteri (Richardson, 1829)
  • T. s. ohioensis (Bole and Moulthrop, 1942)
  • T. s. peninsulae (Hooper, 1942)
  • T. s. pipilans (Lowery, 1943)
  • T. s. quebecensis (Cameron, 1950)
  • T. s. rufescens (Bole and Moulthrop, 1942)
  • T. s. venustus (Bangs, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Sciurus striatus Linnaeus, 1758

The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) is a chipmunk species found in eastern North America. It is the only living member of the genus Tamias.