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Tamias rufus (Hopi chipmunk)

Synonyms: Eutamias quadrivittatus rufus (homotypic); Neotamias rufus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Hopi chipmunk (Neotamias rufus) is a small chipmunk found in Colorado, Utah and Arizona in the southwestern United States. It was previously grouped with the Colorado Chipmunk, T. quadrivittatus. Hopi chipmunks prefer rocky areas with pinion and juniper pines and feed mostly on nuts, seeds and fruits. Food gathered is stored in cheek pouches and taken elsewhere for consumption or storage. They nest in rock piles or crevices. Habitat: This is the common chipmunk of much of the canyon and slickrock piƱon-juniper country in western Colorado. Population densities appear to be highest in areas with an abundance of broken rock or rubble at the base of cliff faces or in rock formations with deep fissures and crevices suitable for den sites.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.8
EDGE Score: 1.92

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  54 grams
Birth Weight [2]  3 grams
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  50 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  10 months 27 days
Gestation [1]  31 days
Litter Size [2]  4
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  6 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  6 inches (14 cm)
Weaning [1]  46 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Colorado Plateau shrublands United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Colorado Rockies forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Epitedia stanfordi[1]
Malaraeus sinomus[1]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Tamias rufus, Stephanie L. Burt and Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 460, pp. 1-6 (1994)
2Nathan 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
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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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