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Tamias minimus (least chipmunk)

Synonyms: Eutamias consobrinus; Eutamias minimus; Neotamias minimus (homotypic)
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

The least chipmunk (Tamias minimus) is the smallest species of chipmunk, and the most widespread in North America.
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Infraspecies

Tamias minimus arizonensis
Tamias minimus atristriatus (Penasco least chipmunk)
Tamias minimus borealis
Tamias minimus cacodemus
Tamias minimus caniceps
Tamias minimus caryi
Tamias minimus chuskaensis
Tamias minimus confinis
Tamias minimus consobrinus
Tamias minimus grisescens
Tamias minimus hudsonius
Tamias minimus jacksoni
Tamias minimus minimus
Tamias minimus neglectus
Tamias minimus operarius
Tamias minimus oreocetes
Tamias minimus pallidus
Tamias minimus pictus
Tamias minimus scrutator
Tamias minimus selkirki
Tamias minimus silvaticus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.11
EDGE Score: 2.09
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  44 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  47 grams
Male Weight [1]  41 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  14.6 %
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  50 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  1 year
Male Maturity [1]  1 year
Gestation [2]  30 days
Hibernates [4]  Yes
Litter Size [2]  5
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  10 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  6 inches (14 cm)
Speed [5]  10.514 MPH (4.7 m/s)
Weaning [2]  44 days
Habitat Substrate [4]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5MAXIMAL RUNNING SPEEDS OF BIPEDAL AND QUADRUPEDAL RODENTS, MINOU DJAWDAN and THEODORE GARLAND, JR., J. Mamm., 69(4):765-772, 1988
♦ 6Tamias minimus, B. J. Verts and Leslie N. Carraway, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 653, pp. 1–10 (2001)
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8International Flea Database
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0